Daniel Patte is Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies, New Testament and Christianity at Vanderbilt University, USA. Among his publications are Early Jewish Hermeneutic, Paul’s Faith and the Power of the Gospel, editor of Global Bible Commentary and The Cambridge Dictionary of Christianity; and he is co-editor of Romans Through History and Cultures (10 volumes).

• Preface and AcknowledgmentsForeword: Critical Readings and Receptions of Romans in an Age of Fake News and Alternative Facts Introduction. Reading Romans After Studying its Receptions Part One: Critical Interpretation and the History of Reception of Romans1. Receptions of Romans Through History and Cultures: A Challenge for Exegesis, Theology, and Ethics 2. Critical Exegeses of Romans and the Plurality of Legitimate and Plausible Interpretations Part Two: A Triple Commentary: Three Legitimate and Plausible Critical Exegeses of Romans 1:1-323. Reading Romans 1:1-32 For its Forensic Theological Argument4. Reading Romans 1:1-32 for its Call to Mission of an Inclusive Covenantal Community5. Reading Romans 1:1-32 for its Realized-Apocalyptic/Messianic VisionPart Three: Critical Exegesis and Receptions of Romans 1:1-326. The Contextual Character of the Three Legitimate and Plausible Interpretations of Romans 1:1-32 7. Receptions of Romans 1:1-32 as Guides for Choosing among Interpretations ConclusionsAppendix: Threefold Interpretive Choices about 31 Key Theological and Ethical Themes in Rom 1:1-32BibliographyIndex

Covering how these three kinds of commentary are related to the reception history of Romans, Patte further elucidates how interpretive choices are influenced by a reader’s social location and interpretive contexts, and underscores how we must become responsible for our interpretive choices that may literally have life-or-death implications. The book will make you think—and think again—about what happens when we interpret and after we interpret as scholars and teachers of the Bible.