Focusing on Paul Persuasion and Theological Design in Romans and Galatians

includes index and biblioraphy

1. On Paul`s Life, Style and Theology A tale of two Cities : Tarsus or Jerusalem Revisited ......3 Hyperbolical contrasts: A neglected aspects of Paul`s Style ........35 Vilification as a Pragmatic Device in early Christian Epistolography ..................45 Encountering grace: Towards understanding the Essence of Paul` Damascus experience ................57 The Centrality of Grace in the Theology of Paul ......77 Primitive christian belief in the Resurrection of Jesus in the light of Pauline resurrection and Appearance terminology .............95 Faith and Obedience in Paul ...........117 In Christ, in the spirit and related prepositional Phrases : Their relevance for a discussion on pauline mysticism .............129 2. On Paul`s Letter to the Galatians Alienation and Re-Identification as Pragmatic Strategies in Galatians ............149 Galatians 6: 13: A possible solution to an Old Exegetical problem ......171 3. On Paul`s Letter to the Romans God`s Beloved in Rome : The Genesis and socio economic Situation of the First Generation christian community in Rome ............179 The Ecclesiastical Situation of the First Generation roman Christians ...................203 Persuasion in Romans 1: 1-17...............219 Romans 1: 3-4 and the Gospel tradition : A reassessment of the Phrase ..........239 Forensic metaphors in romans and their soteriological significance ................249 Paul, Homosexuality and Christian ethics ...........281 Text-Critical Issues in Romans 14-16...........351 Shaping a Christian lifestyle in the Roman Capital ...........371