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Reading Romans as a Diatribe (Hardcover)
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Reading Romans as a Diatribe (Hardcover)
Series: Studies in Biblical Literature, 59
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This book illustrates how the macro-structure of the « body of
Romans essentially follows that of the diatribes in Epictetus's
Discourses. As in Discourses, the diatribe in Romans begins with
the thesis (1.16-17), then follows an indictment (1.18-32) and
dialogues with a fictitious second-person singular in chapter two.
Arguments with the mē genoito formula dominate the middle part of
the diatribe. In the middle of chapter eleven, the phase changes
back to dialogues with the second-person singular. The ending of
the diatribe Romans also, like Discourses, includes cynic and
hyperbolic statements (14.21 and 14.23). Thus, the « body of Romans
should not be read as a real letter, but as a diatribe that was
distributed in Paul's school-room and later appropriated as a
letter. This teaching was not directed to a specific group of
people, viz., the Christians in Rome, but rather intrinsically
universalized. Therefore, its message is intrinsically more
powerful for us.
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