Reading Romans with Roman Eyes

Studies on the Social Perspective of Paul

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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Paul’s letter to the Romans has a long history in Christian dogmatic battles. But how might the letter have been heard by an audience in Neronian Rome? James R. Harrison answers that question through a reader-response approach grounded in deep investigations of the material and ideological culture of the city, from Augustus to Nero. Inscriptional, archaeological, monumental, and numismatic evidence, in addition to a breadth of literary material, allows him to describe the ideological “value system” of the Julio-Claudian world, which would have shaped the perceptions and expectations of Paul’s readers. Throughout, Harrison sets prominent Pauline themes??his obligation to Greeks and barbarians, newness of life and of creation against the power of death, the body of Christ, “boasting” in “glory” and God’s purpose in and for Israel??in startling juxtaposition with Roman ideological themes. The result is a richer and more complex understanding of the letter’s argument and its possible significance for contemporary readers.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2020-06-22
Mått161 x 228 x 33 mm
Vikt898 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SeriePaul in Critical Contexts
Antal sidor504
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781978705135

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1.Introduction2. Viewing Paul’s Epistle to the Romans with Roman Eyes: A Visual Exegesis of the Artifacts of Rome3. Paul and Status Signifiers from Late Republican to Neronian Rome: An Epigraphic Reconsideration of the Social Constituency of the Roman Churches4. Paul’s “Indebtedness” to the Barbarian in Latin West Perspective5. Paul and the “Social Relations” of Death at Rome (Rom 5:14, 17, 21) 6. Paul’s “Groaning” Creation and the Roman Understanding of Nature: A Contemporary Conversation in the Grounds of Livia’s Villa and Nero’s Garden7. Augustan Rome and the Body of Christ: A Comparison of the Social Vision of the Res Gestae and Paul’s Letter to the Romans8. Paul the “Zionist”: Romans 9:33 and 11:26 in their Jewish and Roman Context9. Paul and the Roman Ideal of Glory in the Epistle to the Romans10. Conclusion

James Harrison’s Reading Romans with Roman Eyes is a fine addition to the Paul in Critical Contexts series. Harrison’s work provides a useful addition to socio-cultural analyses of Romans, by setting the letter in the context in which it was read and inviting consideration of how Rome itself shaped the perspective of its readers. The attention to detail and the archaeological data, both small and large-scale, takes recognised honour/shame categories, which sometimes appear nebulous, and gives them a concrete (at times, literally) form.