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Ancient Letters and the Purpose of Romans
Aaron Ricker
其他書名
The Law of the Membrane
出版Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020-09-17
主題Religion / Biblical Studies / New Testament / Paul's LettersReligion / Biblical Studies / General
ISBN05676940119780567694010
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=4r7kDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Aaron Ricker locates the purpose of Romans in its function as a tool of community identity definition. Ricker employs a comparative analysis of the ways in which community identity definition is performed in first-century association culture, including several ancient network letters comparable to Romans.

Ricker's examination of the community advice found in Rom 12-15 reveals in this new context an ancient example of the ways in which an inscribed addressee community can be invited in a letter to see and comport itself as a “proper” association network community. The ideal community addressed in the letter to the Romans is defined as properly unified and orderly, as well accommodating to – and clearly distinct from – cultures “outside.” Finally, it is defined as linked to a proper network with recognised leadership (i.e., the inscribed Paul of the letter and his network). Paul's letter to the Romans is in many ways a baffling and extraordinary document. In terms of its community-defining functions and strategies, however, Ricker shows its purpose to be perfectly clear and understandable.