Reading Romans in Context: Paul and Second Temple Judaism by

Language: eng
Format: azw
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Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2015-07-28T00:00:00+00:00

1. Especially difficult are the identification of the speaker (“I”) in 7:7 – 25 and the temporal relationship between the events narrated in 7:14 – 25 and those in surrounding verses. See, e.g., Terry L. Wilder, ed., Perspectives on Our Struggle with Sin: Three Views of Romans 7 (Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 2011). For the identity of the speaker, see particularly Jan Lambrecht, The Wretched ‘I’ and Its Liberation: Paul in Romans 7 and 8 (Leuven: Peeters, 1992), 59 – 91; Michael Paul Middendorf, The ‘I’ in the Storm: A Study of Romans 7 (St. Louis: Concordia, 1997), 15 – 51, 133 – 225. My argument favors the nonbeliever view, but the basic points could still work if one understood the speaker as a Christian.

2. For more on Sirach, see chapter 6 (Kamell).

3. My translation, based primarily on the Hebrew text.

4. Another important text for understanding Ben Sira’s view is 17:1 – 14, in which he describes the creation of humanity. God creates humans with knowledge and gives to them “the law of life,” the “eternal covenant,” in order that through their obedience to it they might obtain the life it offers.

5. For more on Paul’s view of Sin, see chapter 9 (Dodson).

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