Romans
Romans
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Publisher: Liturgical Press
ISBN: 9780814681701
Number of Pages: 520
Published: 27/03/2025
Width: 15.2 cm
Height: 22.9 cm
Can a feminist interpretation of Romans discover anything new? In this volume, Christian Eberhart pays special attention to the fact that Paul entrusted Phoebe, a gentile woman, with the task of delivering the letter to Rome. There, she would have been the person who recited it aloud and by heart in front of various audiences. Yet as the leader of a congregation in Corinth, Phoebe had likely also been involved in the process of composing the letter, as some passages reveal. This multifaceted engagement of a woman gives new meaning to the vision of human society in Romans that celebrates the full participation of women and men, Jews and gentiles, weak and strong, and free and slave.
Contents
List of Abbreviations ix
List of Contributors xv
Foreword: “Come Eat of My Bread . . . and Walk in the Ways of Wisdom” xvii
Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza
Editor’s Introduction to Wisdom Commentary: “She Is a Breath of the Power of God” (Wis 7:25) xxi
Barbara E. Reid, OP
Author’s Introduction Romans and Sophia xli
Romans 1:1-17 Letter Opening 1
Romans 1:18–3:31 Justification through Faith: No Distinction 49
Romans 4:1–5:21 The Gift of Grace: Including Women 111
Romans 6:1–8:39 Freedom through the Love of Christ 143
Romans 9:1–11:36 The Election of Israel: The Depth of God’s Wisdom 217
Romans 12:1–15:13 Living as God’s Loving People 263
Romans 15:14–16:27 Letter Closing: About Phoebe and Other Important Women and Men 311
Conclusion 367
Works Cited 371
Index of Scripture References and Other Ancient Writings 413
Index of Subjects 421
List of Abbreviations ix
List of Contributors xv
Foreword: “Come Eat of My Bread . . . and Walk in the Ways of Wisdom” xvii
Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza
Editor’s Introduction to Wisdom Commentary: “She Is a Breath of the Power of God” (Wis 7:25) xxi
Barbara E. Reid, OP
Author’s Introduction Romans and Sophia xli
Romans 1:1-17 Letter Opening 1
Romans 1:18–3:31 Justification through Faith: No Distinction 49
Romans 4:1–5:21 The Gift of Grace: Including Women 111
Romans 6:1–8:39 Freedom through the Love of Christ 143
Romans 9:1–11:36 The Election of Israel: The Depth of God’s Wisdom 217
Romans 12:1–15:13 Living as God’s Loving People 263
Romans 15:14–16:27 Letter Closing: About Phoebe and Other Important Women and Men 311
Conclusion 367
Works Cited 371
Index of Scripture References and Other Ancient Writings 413
Index of Subjects 421
