Introducing Romans

<DIV>Paul's Letter to the Romans has proven to be a particular challenge for commentators with its many highly significant interpretive issues often leading to tortuous convolutions and even dead ends in their understanding of the letter.<BR><BR> Here Richard N. Longenecker takes a comprehensive look at the complex backdrop of Paul's letter and carefully unpacks a number of critical issues including:<BR> * Authorship integrity occasion date addressees and purpose<BR> * Important recent interpretive approaches<BR> * Greco-Roman oral rhetorical and epistolary conventions<BR> * Jewish and Jewish Christian thematic and rhetorical features<BR> * The establishing of the letter's Greek text<BR> * The letter's main focus structure and argument<BR></DIV>