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Purpose and cause in Pauline exegesis : Romans 1.16-4.25 and a new approach to the letters /

"Three factors prompt this re-examination of the underlying questions that shape mainstream exegesis of Paul's letters. Hermeneutical studies have destabilized assumptions about the nature of meaning in texts; the letters are usually characterized as pastoral but explicated as expressions...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dabourne, Wendy
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Series:Monograph series (Society for New Testament Studies) ; 104.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Asking new exegetical questions
  • Exegesis of Romans 1:16-4:25: the basic conception and its problems
  • Romans 1:16-4:25: what do we want to know?
  • The basis for separating presuppositions from intended address
  • How to trace what Paul was intending to say to the Romans
  • Working from the problems of interpretation within the justification framework
  • Paul's purpose in creating the text
  • The nature of the text
  • Hypothesis describing Romans 1:16-4:25
  • The teleological exposition of Romans 1:16-4:25
  • Testing the teleological reading
  • The causal exposition of Romans 1:16-4:25
  • Review and conclusion.