Romans, the gospel of God
By: Antonio Pitta
Series: Analecta biblica. Studia -- 16; Analecta biblica -- 16.
Publisher: G&BP Press; Ponticia università gregoriana; Pontificio istituto biblico
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Roma
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9788876537202
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; Critique et exégèse; Relation avec les Évangiles; Bible
Description: "While the Christianity of our time seems to be agonizing, the Epistle to the Romans takes up the challenge and relaunches the Gospel as the only answer worthy of consideration. In Romans, God's passion in Christ for every human person continues to pulsate. The gospel that permeates the letter is always new because God and the human being are deeply involved through Jesus Christ and the active presence of the Spirit. The countless questions that the letter addresses concern every human being, believer and non-believer. A masterpiece like the Epistle to the Romans never fades into oblivion, but always awaits those who, deepening it more and more, see and recognize themselves in it. Epistolary rhetoric is not superfluous, nor a simple decorative discourse, much less it belongs to empty eloquence, On the contrary, epistolary rhetoric is the essential vehicle for content in Romans." --provided by publisher, back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-301) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: A challenge: epistolary rhetoric in Romans; title: The defamation against Paul and its historical background (Rom 3:8; 14:1-15:13); title: Salvation: paradoxes and tensions (Rom 1:16; 13:11); title: Two confessions of faith before Paul (Rom 1:3b-4a; 3:25-26a); title: A conflict in the making: the Mosaic Law (Rom 2:12-13:10); title: Assimilation and conformity (Rom 4:1-25; 15:1-6); title: Nature and function of the propositio in Rom 5:1-8:39; title: Tragic situation and tragic style in Rom 7:7-25; title: If not all Israel is Israel, why should all Israel be saved? (Rom 9:1-11:36); title: The quarrel between the strong and the weak (Rom 14:1-15:13).