The Romans Debate

includes index and biblioraphy

St. Paul`s Letter to the Romans - and Others ........3 The Letter to the Romans as paul`s Last will and Testament ........16 Paul`s Purpose in writing the Epistle to the Romans ............29 A Short Note on Romans 16.............44 The Letter to Jerusalem .......53 Romans 14: 1-15: 13 and the Occasion of Romans ........65 The Jewish Community in Ancient Rome and the Origins of Roman Christianity .............85 False Pressuppositions in the Study of Romans ........102 The Occasion of Romans : A Response to Prof. Donfied .....125 Paul`s Rhetoric of Argumentation in Romans ........128 The Form and Function of the Greek Letter-Essay ..........147 Part II 1. Historical and Sociological Factors The Romans Debate ..............................175 Purpose and Occasion of Romans Again ..........195 The two Roman congregations : Romans 14:1-15: 13..........203 The Roman Christians of Romans 16........216 The Purpose of Romans ..........231 2. The structure and Rhetoric of Romans The formal and Theological Coherence of Romans .........245 Romans III as a Key to the Structure and Thought of Romans .........251 Following the Argument of Romans ........265 Romans as a Logos Protreptikos ........278 3. The Theology of Romans : Issues in the Current Debate The New Perspective on Paul: Paul and the law ..........299 Israel`s Misstep in the Eyes of Paul ..........309 The Faithfulness of God and the priority of Israel in Paul`s Letter to the Romans ...........327 The Theme of Romans ..........333