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Reading Romans as a Diatribe

by Changwon Song

  • Hardback
  • 147 pages
  • Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.2 cm

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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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  • Author

    Changwon Song

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Peter Lang Publishing Inc

  • Published

    February 2004

  • Weight

    386g

  • Page Count

    147

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.2 cm

  • ISBN

    9780820468174

  • ISBN-10

    0820468177

  • Eden Code

    4056035

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