Engaging Augustine on Romans

Daniel Patte teaches at Vanderbilt University, is author of The Challenge of Discipleship (Trinty), Discipleship According to the Sermon on the Mount (Trinity), and an editor of Reading Israel in Romans: Legitimacy and Plausibility of Divergent Interpretations. Eugene TeSelle is Oberlin Alumni/ae Professor of Church History and Theology, Emeritus, Vanderbilt Divinity School.

• Introduction - Engaging Scripture - Patristic Interpretation of the Bible, Eugene TeSelle; Modus inveniendi Paulum - Augustine, Hermeneutics, and His Reading of Romans, Thomas F. Martin; Augustine and Israel - Interpretatio ad litteram, Jews, and Judaism in Augustine's Theology of History, Paula Fredriksen; Exploring the Inner Conflict - Augustine's Sermons on Romans 7 and 8, Eugene TeSelle. Appendix - Augustine's Old Latin Text of Romans 7-8 and its English Translation, Eugene TeSelle; A Conversation of Augustine - From Natural Law to Restored Nature in Romans 2:13-16, Simon J. Gathercole; Readings of Augustine on Paul - Their Impact on Critical Studies of Paul, John K. Riches; Jews and Gentiles, Galatians 2:11-14, and Reading Israel in Romans - The Patristic Debate, Peter J. Gorday; Conclusion - Augustine, a Model for the Practice of "Scriptural Criticism" in New Testament Studies, Daniel M. Patte; A Last Word, Krister Stendahl.

"What is novel here is that what is normally implicit is put up front. Working from this explication, the introduction provides a valuable tool for understanding patristic exegesis.... The notes are copious and well researched, and the book is well indexed, covering biblical and Augustinian citations and other ancient authors as well as modern." -Anglican Theological Review