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Informationen zum Autor fm.author_biographical_note1 Klappentext This book is about how to read Paul's letters as first-century epistles by studying Romans 1.16-4.25. Zusammenfassung This book is about how to read Paul's letters as first-century epistles. A method is worked out by studying Romans 1.16-4.25. The result is a presentation of Romans as a highly practical letter! in which we see justification by grace through faith as theology at work. Inhaltsverzeichnis Abbreviations; 1. Asking new exegetical questions; 2. Exegesis of Romans 1.16-4.25: The basic conception and its problems; 3. Romans 1.16-4.25: what do we want to know?; 4. The basis for separating presuppositions from intended address; 5. How to trace what Paul was intending to say to the Romans; 6. Working from the problems of interpretation within the justification framework; 7. Paul's purpose in creating the text; 8. The nature of the text; 9. Hypothesis describing Romans 1.16-4.25; 10. The teleological exposition of Romans 1.16-4.25; 11. Testing the teleological reading; 12. The causal exposition of Romans 1.16-4.25; 13. Review and conclusion; Select bibliography; General index; Index of biblical and other ancient literature.