NT625 - Pauline Theology and Romans (English Text)

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  • 4
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 8
    AQF level
  • new testamentUnit Discipline

Corequisites

NT502.

Exclusions

NT629.

NT635.

NT639.

Set Text

This unit counts towards the "set text" unit requirements of courses.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

1. Pauline Theology: its major themes and integrating ideas.

2. Contemporary issues in the study of Paul, especially the ‘new perspective’ on Paul.

3. The themes and theology of Romans.

4. Relation of Romans to the other Pauline writings.

5. The English text of Romans.

6. The nature and methods of New Testament exegesis.

7. A selection of historic and contemporary interpretations of Romans.

B. Be able to

1. Use sources such as biblical and theological dictionaries, commentaries and on-line resources.

2. Recognise literary form, genre, structure and rhetorical conventions.

3. Compare and contrast translations.

4. Evaluate matters relating to authorship, date and purpose.

5. Utilize the historical, social and cultural contexts.

6. Assign passages to the literary and canonical contexts.

7. Establish the meaning of significant words and phrases in the contexts of Romans and Paul’s other writings.

8. Trace inter-textual references and allusions.

9. Discuss the main themes, arguments and theological teachings.

10. Exegete the English text of selected chapters from Romans.

11. Explain the place of Romans in the development of Paul’s theology.

12. Discuss interpretations of Romans.

C. Be in a position to

1. Exegete the English text of Romans for personal understanding and for use in ministry contexts.

2. Integrate perspectives from Romans and Paul’s other writings into biblical interpretation and Christian thinking.

3. Apply the teaching of Romans and Paul’s other writings to situations and issues in contemporary Christianity and society.

4. Evaluate interpretations of Romans.

Content

1. Pauline theology: its integrating ideas and its major themes (e.g. Christology, eschatology, ecclesiology, Paul and the law, centrum Paulinum).

2. The major issues in contemporary study and the central themes of Romans.

3. Exegesis of the English text of eight chapters from Romans 1–11.

Set Readings

Pauline Theology

Bassler, J., Navigating Paul: An Introduction to Key Theological Concepts (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2007).

Dunn, J. D. G., The Theology of Paul the Apostle (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998).

Dunn, J. D. G. (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to St. Paul (Cambridge: CUP, 2003).

Esler, P. F., Conflict and Identity in Romans: The Social Setting of Paul's Letter (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2003).

Fee, G. D., Pauline Christology: An Exegetical-Theological Study (Peabody: Hendrickson, 2007).

Fitzmyer, J. A., “Pauline Theology” in The New Jerome Biblical Commentary (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1990).

Gorman, M. J., Apostle of the Crucified Lord: A Theological Introduction to Paul and His Letters (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004).

Horsley, R. A., Paul and Empire: Religion and Power in Roman Imperial Society (Harrisburg, PA: TPI, 1997).

Westerholm, S., Perspectives Old and New on Paul (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004).

Wright, N. T., The Climax of the Covenant (Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1991).

Classics

Fee, G. D., God’s Empowering Presence (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1994).

Pate, C. M., The End of the Age Has Come: The Theology of Paul (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1995).

Penna, R., Paul the Apostle (Vols I & II; Collegeville,: Liturgical, 1996).

Sanders, E. P., Paul and Palestinian Judaism (London: SCM, 1977).

Stowers, S. K., Rereading of Romans: Justice, Jews and Gentiles (New Haven: Yale University, 1994).

Wright, N. T., The Climax of the Covenant: Christ and the Law in Pauline Theology (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1992).

Romans – Studies and Commentaries

Byrne, B., Romans (Collegeville: Liturgical, 1996).

Chae, D. J–S., Paul as Apostle to the Gentiles: His Apostolic Self–Awareness and its Influence on the Soteriological Argument of Romans (Carlisle: Paternoster, 1997).

Dunn, J. D. G., Romans 2 vols. (Dallas: Word, 1988).

Jewett, R. K., Romans: A Commentary. Hermeneia (Ed. E. J. Epp; Augsburg: Fortress Press, 2006).

Moo, D. J., The Epistle to the Romans (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996).

Schreiner, T. R., Romans (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998).

Soderlund, S. K. and N. T. Wright (eds), Romans and the People of God (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999).

Westerholm, S., Understanding Paul: The Early Christian Worldview of the Letter to the Romans (2nd ed.; Grand Rapids: Baker, 2004).

Witherington, B., Paul’s Letter to the Romans: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004).

Classics

Cranfield, C. E. B., Romans: A Shorter Commentary (Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1985).

Donfried, K. P., The Romans Debate (Peabody: Hendrickson, 1991).

Nanos, M. D., The Mystery of Romans: The Jewish Context of Paul's Letter (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1996).

Stendahl, K., The Final Account: Paul’s Letter to the Romans (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1995).

Walters, J. C., Ethnic Issues in Paul’s Letter to the Romans: Changing Self–Definitions in Earliest Roman Christianity (Valley Forge: TPI, 1993).

Wedderburn, A. J. M., The Reasons for Romans (Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1991).