Let God Be True: Perspectives on Romans 3 9781463245009
Romans 3 contains exegetically stormy waters, where even the most capable interpreters may feel at sea. In this book, an
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Table of contents :
Acknowledgments
TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Contributors
Introduction
PART I: EXEGETICAL STUDIES
Chapter 1. The Central Role of Romans 3:4 in Romans 1:18–3:20
Chapter 2. God’s Faithfulness in an Unfaithful World: An Analysis of Romans 3:1-4
Chapter 3. Who is Talking in Romans 3:1-9? Some New and Old Perspectives
Chapter 4. Doubly True: The Two Sides of God’s Faithfulness in the Remnant Concept (Romans 3:9–11)
Chapter 5. The Song of Sins: The Chain of References to Human Body Parts in Romans 3:13–18 as a Possible Allusion to the Descriptive Songs of the Canticum canticorum
Chapter 6. The Translation of Romans 3:21 in the NBV21
Chapter 7. Shameful Mortality and the Problem of Death in Romans 3:23
Chapter 8. Jewish Roots of Paul’s and Matthew’s Teachings on the Law: A Close Reading of Romans 3:23 and Matthew 9:9–13
Chapter 9. Law and Faith as Two Eschatological Markers of Identity in Romans 3:19–31
Chapter 10. “God is Not Unjust”: A Synopsis of the Use of the Phrase in the LXX
Chapter 11. “God is Not Unjust”: An Intertextual Study of Deuteronomy 32:4, Romans 3:5 and 9:14, and Hebrews 6:10
PART II: THEMATIC, THEOLOGICAL, AND RECEPTIONHISTORICAL STUDIES
Chapter 12. The Words of God: Perspectives on Romans 3:2 in Light of the Old Testament
Chapter 13. A Synopsis of Galatians and Romans: Its Relevance for the Interpretation of the Synoptic Parallels between 1 and 2 Thessalonians and between Colossians and Ephesians
Chapter 14. “Or is God the God of Jews Only?” (Rom 3:29a): The Renewal of the Covenant at the Last Supper and the Inclusion of Gentiles
Chapter 15. Circumcision and Baptism? Aphrahat’s Demonstrations as a Window to Jewish Initiation in Persia
Chapter 16. Leading the Righteous: Leadership and Privilege in the Light of Romans 3
Chapter 17. “Let God Be True Though Every One Were a Liar” (Rom 3:4): Speech Ethics in Romans 3
Chapter 18. On Not Knowing the Truth and Being Committed to It
Indices
Acknowledgments
TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Contributors
Introduction
PART I: EXEGETICAL STUDIES
Chapter 1. The Central Role of Romans 3:4 in Romans 1:18–3:20
Chapter 2. God’s Faithfulness in an Unfaithful World: An Analysis of Romans 3:1-4
Chapter 3. Who is Talking in Romans 3:1-9? Some New and Old Perspectives
Chapter 4. Doubly True: The Two Sides of God’s Faithfulness in the Remnant Concept (Romans 3:9–11)
Chapter 5. The Song of Sins: The Chain of References to Human Body Parts in Romans 3:13–18 as a Possible Allusion to the Descriptive Songs of the Canticum canticorum
Chapter 6. The Translation of Romans 3:21 in the NBV21
Chapter 7. Shameful Mortality and the Problem of Death in Romans 3:23
Chapter 8. Jewish Roots of Paul’s and Matthew’s Teachings on the Law: A Close Reading of Romans 3:23 and Matthew 9:9–13
Chapter 9. Law and Faith as Two Eschatological Markers of Identity in Romans 3:19–31
Chapter 10. “God is Not Unjust”: A Synopsis of the Use of the Phrase in the LXX
Chapter 11. “God is Not Unjust”: An Intertextual Study of Deuteronomy 32:4, Romans 3:5 and 9:14, and Hebrews 6:10
PART II: THEMATIC, THEOLOGICAL, AND RECEPTIONHISTORICAL STUDIES
Chapter 12. The Words of God: Perspectives on Romans 3:2 in Light of the Old Testament
Chapter 13. A Synopsis of Galatians and Romans: Its Relevance for the Interpretation of the Synoptic Parallels between 1 and 2 Thessalonians and between Colossians and Ephesians
Chapter 14. “Or is God the God of Jews Only?” (Rom 3:29a): The Renewal of the Covenant at the Last Supper and the Inclusion of Gentiles
Chapter 15. Circumcision and Baptism? Aphrahat’s Demonstrations as a Window to Jewish Initiation in Persia
Chapter 16. Leading the Righteous: Leadership and Privilege in the Light of Romans 3
Chapter 17. “Let God Be True Though Every One Were a Liar” (Rom 3:4): Speech Ethics in Romans 3
Chapter 18. On Not Knowing the Truth and Being Committed to It
Indices
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- Jacobus Kok (editor)
- Jermo van Nes (editor)
