Geleitwort aus dem Kreis der Herausgeberinnen und Herausgeber
Preface
Introduction
The State of the Research : the radical new perspective
Introduction
History of research
Scholarly predecessors to the radical perspective
The 'actual' radicals
Critical evaluation of the radical perspective : T.L. Donaldson and A. Wedderburn
Evaluation and task
Terminology : Jews, Gentiles, Christians, or something else?
Introduction
Caroline Johnson Hodge
Joshua Garroway
Paula Fredriksen
Mark D. Nanos
Paul's (and Peter's) identity
Concluding remarks and evaluation
Introductory Questions : Gentile addressees
A real letter (epistolography)
The integrity of the letter
A 14-, 15-, or 16-chapter version of Romans
Place of writing
Addressees, audience, recipients : external versus internal evidence
A Gentile audience
Some Jews after all...?
The Gentile identity of 'the strong' and 'the weak'
Jews in chapter 16
The occasion and purpose of Romans : some preliminary insights
A fictive Gentile interlocutor : ...
Paul's educational background
... continued
The significance of ... : literature and life, or rhetoric and realism
Romans 1 : 18-32
Introduction
Ethnic Stereotypes : a modern perspective
Stereotyping in Antiquity
Stereotyping in Paul's practices
'Us' : the Jews
'Them' : the Gentiles
Continuity from chapter 1 to chapter 2
Romans 2 : 1-29
Romans 2 : 1-5
Judgement and justification : justice and mercy
Linguistic, stylistic, structural, and grammatical continuity in 2 : 1-16
Romans 2 : 17-24
Rom 2 : 25-29
Continuity from chapter 2 to chapter 3
Romans 3 : 1-31
Rhetorical strategy of chapter 3
Romans 3 : 1-8
Romans 3 : 9-20
Romans 3 : 21-26
Romans 3 : 27-31
Continuity from chapter 3 to chapter 4
Romans 4 : 1-25
Romans 4 : 1-12
Romans 4 : 13-25
Romans 5 : 1-21
Adam, but not anthropology
Romans 5 : 1-11
The qal wa-chomer reasoning
Continuity between 5 : 1-11 and 5 : 12-21
Genesis 2-3 in Old Testament exegesis
Second Temple parallels : Adam's actions are not considered in a negative way
Sin and evil
Sin and Gentiles
First probing : the limitations of the analogy : Romans 5 : 12-14
The perception of Adam in Second Temple Jewish literature is specifically positive
God's benevolence is greater than his punishment
Romans 5 : 14c-17
Adam and Christ compared
Romans 5 : 12-21 in a broader perspective
Continuity between Romans 5 and 6-7
Romans 6 : 1-7 : 6
Gentiles in chapter 6
Already walking in the newness of life, but also not yet
The question, meaning, and function of baptism in 6 : 1-14
Romans 6 : 1-14
Romans 6 : 15-7 : 6
Romans 7 : 7-25
Romans 7 : 7-25
Sin, the (Mosaic) law, and another law
Romans 2 and 7 : an inversion
Recapitulating the interpretation of 7 : 7-25
Continuity between chapter 7 and chapter 8
Romans 8 : 1-39
Romans 8 : 1-17
Roman socio-legal practices concerning adoption (of ex-slaves)
Adrogatio and adoptio
Social distinctions and status-consciousness within the Roman family and society
The adoption metaphor in Romans 8 : 15
The relation of ... in 8 : 15 to ... in 9 : 4
The relation of 8 : 12-17 to 8 : 18-30 and the question of continuity
Romans 8 : 18-30
Romans 8 : 31-39
Continuity from chapters 6-8 to 9-11
Romans 9-11
Introduction
Rhetorical strategy
Authorial voice and the 'I' of chapters 9-11
Romans 9 : 6-29 : God has not rejected Israel
Romans 9 : 30-10 : 21 : Christ is the goal of the law for Gentiles
Works-righteousness or a righteous law : the problem of ...
The stumbling stone
Christ as ... of the law for Gentiles
Christ fulfils the law
Romans 11 : 1-10 : God's unbroken fidelity to Israel
Romans 11 : 11-24
Romans 11 : 17-24 : the olive tree metaphor
Romans 11 : 25-32 : the 'mystery' and the Sonderweg interpretation in 11 : 25-26
The problem of ...
Romans 11 : 25-32 resumed
Romans 12-15 and the relationship between theology and paraenesis
Introduction
Romans 12 : 1-2
Romans 12 : 3-21
Romans 13 : 1-7
Romans 13 : 8-14
The 'strong' and the 'weak' in 14 : 1-15 : 6
The (Mosaic) law in 14 : 1-15 : 6
A perspective on the (Mosaic) law from inside and outside the covenant
Could 'the strong' and 'the weak' be proselytes and, or God-fearers?
Why does Paul's position vacillate with regard to the 'strong' and the 'weak'?
Romans 15 : 7-13 : Christ as servant of the circumcision to the Gentiles
Conclusion
Recapitulation of interpretative findings
The achievements and limitations of my interpretation
Bibliography
Sources
Secondary Literature.