Scholars Reading Romans 1 with Daniel Patte

A creative collection of essays that introduces critiques and dialogues with Daniel Patte's ground-breaking work <i>Romans: Three Exegetical Interpretations and the History of Reception: Volume 1: Romans 1:1-32</i> (T&T Clark 2018)<i>.</i> Nine scholars from different cultural and methodological perspectives engage with Patte's work critique his methodology and ethic of interpretation and develop alternative readings. <br/> <br/>The first part introduces the format of Patte's book and the three historical interpretations: forensic covenantal and realized-apocalyptic. Part two debates methodology and ethical responsibility. The third part focuses on Romans 1:16-18 and 1:26-27 and includes a Confucian Chinese reading and a call for joint biblical and social-science research on the role of Romans in current public policy debates. The final part includes a chapter on pedagogy regarding how Patte's book can be used in the classroom. The final chapter is a powerful description by Patte himself of the various life experiences that shaped his reading of Romans. This book is a critical and communal conversation with Patte on the history of reception of Romans 1 and an example of the necessity of conversations among diverse interpreters that as Patte says reflect the diversity of the modes of our human experience.