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CHAPTER 1. The Romans Debate: Narrowing the Options The Integrity of the Letter 10<br/>Radical Partition Theories, 10 <br/>" A Fourteen-Chapter Version of Romans, 13 <br/>" A Fifteen-Chapter Version of Romans, 16<br/>The Origin of the Roman Church 24 <br/>The Occasion and Purpose of Romans 26<br/>A Summary of Paul`s Theology, 26 <br/>" The Jerusalem Trip as the Purpose for Paul`s Writing, 29 <br/>" Romans as Preparation for the Spanish Mission, 32 <br/>" Providing an Apostolic Foundation for a "Church," 34 <br/>o Exercising Authority as Apostle to the Gentiles, 37 <br/>o The Lack of a Concrete Situation at Rome, 37<br/>o An Apologetic Purpose, 42 <br/>o Separate Jewish Christian and Gentile Christian Assemblies Urged to Worship Together, 49<br/>o The Tension Between the Strong and the Weak over Mosaic Customs in the Wake of the Edict of Claudius, 51<br/>Conclusion 52<br/>CHAPTER 2, The Ethnic Identity of the Roman Congregations: The Internal Evidence<br/>An Exclusively Gentile Audience 54<br/>The Letter Opening (Romans 1:1-7), 54 " The Thanksgiv-ing Section (Romans 1:8-15), o The Apostolic Parousia (Romans 15:15-16), 64 <br/>" A Direct Address to the Audience (Romans 11:13), 67 <br/>o Further Evidence of the Addressees as Gentiles (Romans 6:19; 13:11-14), 69<br/>The Category of God-Fearer 70<br/>Potential Evidence for Jewish Addressees 82<br/>Knowledge of the Scriptures, 82 <br/>o Direct Address to the "Jew" (Romans 2:17-29), 87 <br/>" The Listing of Jews in Romans 16:1-16, 90 <br/>" Further Evidence for Jews in the Audience, 103<br/>" The Weak of Romans 14:1-15:6,106<br/>Conclusion 113<br/>CHAPTER 3. Former God-Fearers or Synagogue Subgroup? 115<br/>The Compatibility of Romans 14:1-15:13 with<br/>Jewish-Christian Relations in Rome 118 <br/>The Credibility of Paul`s Exhortations to Non-Christian Jews in Romans 14:1-15:13 <br/>"Your Brother," a Reference to Non-Christian Jews 123 <br/>The Monotheistic Character of the Appeal to the "Weak" 126 <br/>Romans 14:22b-23 as Condemnation of the "Strong" for Eating in Doubt 128<br/>Internal Consistency in Romans 1-11 131 <br/>The Incompatibility of Paul`s Approval of the "Weak" and<br/>Their Observance of the Law 132 "Weak" as Meaning "Stumbling" 135 <br/>The Analogy of Abraham, Not Weak in Faith(Romans 4:19-21) 137<br/>Other Evidence That the Weak Are Non-Christ-Believing 140 Evaluation 148<br/>CHAPTER 4. Claudius`s Edict of Expulsion: The External Evidence 149<br/>Suetonius: Chrestus/Christus? 150<br/>The Date: 49 CE 158<br/>The Expulsion of the Entire Jewish Population of Rome? 162 <br/>Dio Cassius versus Suetonius: Two Separate Actions 167 <br/>Christ-Believing God-Fearers Expelled? 171 <br/>Separate Christian Assemblies 181 <br/>Popular Anti-Judaism and the Evolving Roman Christian<br/>Community 193<br/>Separation of Jews and Christians: Claudius to Nero 197 <br/>Summary 201<br/>CHAPTER 5. Reading Romans with the Encoded Audience:Romans 7:7-25 and Romans 11:25-26 203<br/>Romans 7:7-25: Resolving Perennial Conundrums 204<br/>Romans 7:14-25, 204 . <br/>Romans 7:7-12, 214 . <br/>The Gentile<br/>God-Fearer`s Experience of Life "under" the Law, 223<br/>Romans 11:25-26: New Emphases 235<br/>"All Israel" as the Church: N. T. Wright, 236 . <br/>"All Israel" as the Jewish Remnant throughout History, 245<br/> |