Preface to Romans - Notes on the Epistle in Its Literary and Cultural Setting

Zusatztext highly accessible ... shows a respect for tradition and yet is fresh in its approach. Klappentext Bryan approaches St. Paul's letter to the Romans with a number of aims in view. First, he wants to show which literary type or genre would have been seen by Paul's contemporaries as being exemplified in the letter. He also determines what we can surmise of Paul's attitude and approach to the Jewish bible. The study involves discussion of and comparison with other literature from Paul's time, place and milieu -- including other writings attributed to Paul. Zusammenfassung Christopher Bryan aims to show which literary type or genre would have been seen by Paul's contemporaries as being exemplified in the letter to the Romans. He also examines Paul's attitude and approach to the Jewish bible and makes comparison with other texts from Paul's time, place and milieu.

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• Authors: Christopher Bryan, Christopher (Professor of New Testament Bryan, Bryan Christopher, Christopher Bryant, G. Ronald Murphy
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.06.2000
• EAN: 9780195130232
• ISBN: 978-0-19-513023-2
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Practical theology; RELIGION / Biblical Meditations / General, Bible readings, selections & meditations, Bible readings, selections and meditations