Romans and the Apologetic Tradition
Subtitle: The Purpose, Genre and Audience of Paul's Letter (Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 17, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9780521619837
Subjects: Books of the New Testament; Religion; Religion - Biblical Studies; Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - General; Biblical Studies - New Testament; Biblical Studies - Topical; Bible.--N.T.--Romans--Criticism, interpretati; Bible.--N.T.--Romans--Criticism, interpretation, etc; Religion / Bible / Criticism, Interpretation / General; Religion / Bible / Study / New Testament; Religion-Bible - Criticism  Interpretation - General; Religion-Bible - Topical Studies; Bible - Topical Studies; Bible - Criticism  Interpretation - General
First sentence: In this chapter, two interrelated interpretive hypotheses concerning Paul's letter to the Romans are presented, namely that the letter is a or a Protreptic, and that this Protreptic is directed to an audience comprised in significant part of Jewish Christians.