The Named Jew and the Name of God
The Argument of Romans 2:17–29 in Light of Roman Attitudes to Jewish Teachers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21411771 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lionel J Windsor (0000-0002-2801-4928, Moore College Sydney, New South Wales Australia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 229-248 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-17 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Novum Testamentum (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0048-1009 • E-ISSN: 1568-5365 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15685365-12341689 |
| OpenAlex | W3138016370 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
A connection between Paul’s charges against his interlocutor in Rom 2:21–22 and Josephus’s account of a notorious Jewish teacher in Rome ( A.J. 18.81–84) is a catalyst for re-examining the purpose, topic, and argument of Rom 2:17–29. The foreground issue is not the soteriological status of Jews, but the effectiveness of typical Jewish law-based teaching to solve human foolishness, wickedness, and impiety. Paul reframes the discourse topic to demonstrate that typical Jewish law-based educational activity is ineffective in bringing about God’s glory among the nations. The interlocutor is thus a foil for Paul’s own eschatologically conceived apostolic ministry
Argument (complex analysis) · Art · Foolishness · Glory · Jewish studies · Josephus · Judaism · Literature · Talmud · Theology · Torah · Wickedness · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Classics · Contemporary Christian Leadership and Education · History · Philosophy · Religious studies · Theology and Canon Law Studies
| Citations per year | 1.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |