The Rhetoric of Romans
Argumentative Constraint: and Strategy and Paul's Dialogue with Judaism
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The Rhetoric of Romans: Argumentative Constraint: and Strategy and Paul's Dialogue with Judaism
In The Rhetoric of Romans, Neil Elliott presents a rhetorical-critical reading of the letter that indicates that Paul wrote, not
to counter Jewish opponents or aspects of the Jewish religion, nor
to legitimize the law-free gentile church, but to warn against
elements of the Hellenistic church's Christology and an incipient
Christian supersessionism that threatened the collection in
Jerusalem and the heart of his apostolic work.
- Publisher Fortress Press
- Format Paperback
- ISBN 9780800662028
- Pages 336
- Dimensions 5.5 x 8.5
- Publication Date December 1, 2006
Endorsements
"A quite new reading of the epistle.... Elliott sees Romans as
essentially a paraenetic document, and with the help of literary and
sociological arguments achieves a reading of chapters 1–4 which
avoids many of the difficulties attached to other approaches....
Among the more important works on Romans to have appeared in recent
years...."
– Robert Morgan, Oxford University, in The Expository Times
"Revolutionary ... It turns out that Romans is not Galatians writ
large – our justification assured against Judaizers – but quite the
reverse – our assurance put at stake in God's faithfulness to Israel.
We gentiles who see ourselves as the apple of God's eye thus learn
jealousy and repentance with Paul's Israel, so preparing the ground
for the second inclusion that does not forget where alone
righteousness lies or the way of grace that leads there."
– Antoinette Clark Wire, San Francisco Theological Seminary, in
Interpretation