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Informationen zum Autor Jason A. Myers is Assistant Professor of Biblical studies at Greensboro College, USA and lecturer in New Testament at WTC Theology in the UK. Vorwort This book situates Paul’s phrase “the obedience of faith” in its Greco-Roman context and then traces obedience as a theme through Romans. Zusammenfassung Jason A. Myers reconsiders the meaning and context of the phrase “the obedience of faith” in Rom 1:5 and how it contributes to the theme of obedience in Romans. In contrast to previous studies that have nearly exclusively focused on the obedience language in light of the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple literature, Myers instead investigates how this language functioned within the Greco-Roman world, particularly in the discourse of the Roman Empire.By studying both the Greco-Roman contexts and the use of obedience language during the Empire, Myers sheds fresh light on the meaning of “the obedience of faith,” and concludes that such examination helps contemporary readers understand how Gentiles in Paul’s audience would have heard and received the terms and images relating to obedience. In addition, he argues that Paul’s use of obedience language, both at the beginning and end of Romans (1:5; 15:18), serves as rhetorical bookends, and signals a theme that is central to Paul’s purpose in Romans and integral to his calling as an apostle to the Gentiles. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Abbreviations IntroductionChapter One: Reading Romans RhetoricallyChapter Two: Obedience in Greek LiteratureChapter Three: Obedience in Latin LiteratureChapter Four: Philosophizing on ObedienceChapter Five: Sculpting ObedienceChapter Six: Reading Obedience from the Margins: 1:1-12 & 15:14-16:23Chapter Seven: Reading Obedience in the Argumentation in RomansConclusion Appendix
