The Strong and the Weak - Romans 14.1-15.13 in Context

This 1999 book is a study of a formerly neglected section of Paul's letter to the Romans.

List of contents

Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. 'Strong' and 'weak' in Romans: past portraits and significance; 2. Romans 14.1-15.13 refers to an historical situation in Rome; 3. 'Strong' and 'weak' as terms of social status in first-century Rome; 4. 'Strong' and 'weak' eating and drinking patterns; 5. Paul's clues for identifying the abstinence of the 'weak'; 6. The motivation behind the abstinence of the 'weak'; 7. The observance of days in Romans 14.5-6; 8. The identification of day observance in the Roman churches; 9. Superstition in Rome and in Romans 14-15; 10. Obligation: Paul's solution to the controversy; 11. Portraits of the 'strong' and 'weak'; 12. The 'strong' and 'weak' and the topos of Romans; Bibliography; Index of biblical references; Index of early Christian literature; Index of Hellenistic and rabbinic Jewish sources; Index of Greco-Roman sources; Index of authors; Index of subjects.

Summary

This 1999 book takes a formerly neglected section of Romans and demonstrates how it affects our understanding of the whole letter and of the first audience of Paul's letter, showing how concepts significant for this section - asceticism, obligation, superstition - also matter in our reading of the whole letter.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Reasoner
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.02.2012
• EAN: 9780521633345
• ISBN: 978-0-521-63334-5
• No. of pages: 296
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 222 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 551 g
• Series: Society for New Testament Stud; Society for New Testament Stud
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works