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Discovering Biblical Text
Discovering Romans: Content, Interpretation, Reception (Discovering Biblical Texts
Concise, student-friendly introduction to Romans
This third volume in the Discovering Biblical Texts series offers readers a compact, up-to-date, and student-friendly introduction to Paul's letter to the Romans, focusing on its structure, content, theological concerns, key interpretive debates, and historical reception.
Anthony C. Thiselton alerts readers to key issues and questions raised by the text, encouraging in-depth study and a sincere grappling with the theological and historical questions raised by this often-controversial epistle. He pays special attention to the book's reception and its influence on Christian history and culture, exploring and explaining the approaches and conclusions of a wide range of ancient and modern interpreters.
This third volume in the Discovering Biblical Texts series offers readers a compact, up-to-date, and student-friendly introduction to Paul's letter to the Romans, focusing on its structure, content, theological concerns, key interpretive debates, and historical reception.
Anthony C. Thiselton alerts readers to key issues and questions raised by the text, encouraging in-depth study and a sincere grappling with the theological and historical questions raised by this often-controversial epistle. He pays special attention to the book's reception and its influence on Christian history and culture, exploring and explaining the approaches and conclusions of a wide range of ancient and modern interpreters.
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314 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 30, 2016
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Anthony C. Thiselton
54 books23 followersAnthony Charles Thiselton is emeritus professor of Christian theology at the University of Nottingham and a fellow of the British Academy. His recent publications include Approaching Philosophy of Religion, Discovering Romans, Systematic Theology, The Holy Spirit, and The Last Things.
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May 7, 2018
A commentary on commentaries on Romans.
The work begins with encouragement to read Romans, interpretive strategies for Romans, how Romans has been received and read, the textual critical history of Romans, an introduction, and then section by section analysis, primarily drawing on a range of modern commentaries on the text.
The author is enamored with Jewett's theory that Romans is a preparatio for the work in Spain which will be facilitated by the Romans and which involves Phoebe strongly. It's an interesting theory, for sure, but seems a bit too historically imaginative.
If you're looking for a condensation of modern commentary on Romans, this is your book. If you're looking for originality in commentary, go to the sources the author uses.
The work begins with encouragement to read Romans, interpretive strategies for Romans, how Romans has been received and read, the textual critical history of Romans, an introduction, and then section by section analysis, primarily drawing on a range of modern commentaries on the text.
The author is enamored with Jewett's theory that Romans is a preparatio for the work in Spain which will be facilitated by the Romans and which involves Phoebe strongly. It's an interesting theory, for sure, but seems a bit too historically imaginative.
If you're looking for a condensation of modern commentary on Romans, this is your book. If you're looking for originality in commentary, go to the sources the author uses.
Displaying 1 of 1 review