Purpose and Cause in Pauline Exegesis by Wendy Dabourne

Purpose and Cause in Pauline Exegesis: Romans 1. 16-4. 25 and a New Approach to the Letters -
by Wendy Dabourne
Purpose and Cause in Pauline Exegesis: Romans 1. 16-4. 25 and a New Approach to the Letters (ISBN10: 0521018935; ISBN13: 9780521018937)
ISBN13: 978-0521018937
ISBN10: 0521018935

Summary: Three factors prompt this re-examination of the underlying questions that shape mainstream exegesis of Paul's letters. Hermeneutical studies have destabilized assumptions about the nature of meaning in texts; the letters are usually characterized as pastoral but explicated as expressions of Paul's thought; and the impact of E. P. Sanders' work on Paul has sharpened exegetical problems in Romans 1.16-4.25. The outcome is a two-step method of exegesis that considers a letter first in the light of ...show more
Cover: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 08/22/2005
International: No