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Re: Rom 7, Pauline eschatology, and other questions
- From: Jeff Peterson <peterson AT mail.ics.edu>
- To: "Corpus-paul" <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: Rom 7, Pauline eschatology, and other questions
- Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 10:15:09 -0700
At 6:48 PM -0600 3/29/99, Jeffrey B. Gibson wrote (edited):
>I am at the preliminary stages of writing an article on the context
>of the theology of Romans - more specifically on the idea that Rom. 7 and
>the discussion of the "wretched I" within that chapter have to do with
>Paul expounding upon how the tradition of Zeal which he was following before
>his "call" warped his idea of obedience to God and led him not so much
>to experience death as to deal it out to others.
I would suggest checking this interpretation against Stanley Stowers's
exegesis of Rom 7 in his _Rereading of Romans_. Stowers reads the chapter
in light of the Hellenistic Roman pursuit of self-mastery (EGKRATEIA, a
term not unknown to Paul) and the use of dialogue with an imaginary
interlocutor found throughout Romans. The latter shows up most clearly in
the context of chap. 7 at 8:2, in the _lectio difficilior_ SE, from which
Stowers argues that the "I" in 7:7-25 is an imagined gentile hearer of
Paul's Gospel and not Paul himself, either before or after his call to the
apostolate.
Wonderful to see the list up -- love the name!
Jeff
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Jeffrey Peterson
Institute for Christian Studies
Austin, Texas, USA
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-
Rom 7, Pauline eschatology, and other questions,
Jeffrey B. Gibson, 03/29/1999
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: Rom 7, Pauline eschatology, and other questions, Jeff Peterson, 03/30/1999
- Re: Rom 7, Pauline eschatology, and other questions, Christopher Hutson, 03/30/1999
- Re: Rom 7, Pauline eschatology, and other questions, Jeffrey B. Gibson, 03/30/1999
- Re: Rom 7, Pauline eschatology, and other questions, Christopher Hutson, 03/30/1999
- RE: Rom 7, Pauline eschatology, and other questions, Liz Fried, 03/30/1999
- Re: Rom 7, Pauline eschatology, and other questions, FucciXXV, 03/30/1999
- Re: Rom 7, Pauline eschatology, and other questions, Ronald Troxel, 03/31/1999
- Re: Rom 7, Pauline eschatology, and other questions, FucciXXV, 03/31/1999
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