Romans: An Introduction and Study Guide: Empire and Resistance (T&T Clark's Study Guides to the New Testament) - Softcover

Book 14 of 17: T&T Clark?s Study Guides to the New Testament

Professor Sze-kar Wan

 
9780567675033: Romans: An Introduction and Study Guide: Empire and Resistance (T&T Clark's Study Guides to the New Testament)
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ISBN 10: 0567675033 ISBN 13: 9780567675033
Publisher: T.& T.Clark Ltd, 2021

Synopsis

Sze-kar Wan examines the social and political ramifications of Paul's last and longest letter. By taking seriously Paul's faithfulness to his ancestral tradition, Wan argues that Paul is engaged in ethnic construction by incorporating non-Jews into Ideal Israel. With its claim of universality and the cosmic Son of God installed as king, Ideal Israel stands in pointed opposition to the Roman Empire. Wan presents the Letter to the Romans as Paul's extended argument to his Gentile audience in defence of Ideal Israel and their place in it, without ignoring such prominent themes as good news, faith and belief, eschatology, and the collection for the poor. By also including a reading of Romans 13 as resistance against absolute authority, at variance with historical interpretations that defended American slavery and German Nazism, Wan gives readers a new perspective on a defiant message that can be marshalled to resist oppressive regimes.

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About the Author

Sze-kar Wan is Professor of New Testament at SMU Perkins School of Theology, USA.

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Publisher
T.& T.Clark Ltd
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0567675033
ISBN 13 
9780567675033
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
136

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