Campus: Box Hill
Mode: Face to Face
Delivery Notes:
  • Week 1 Introductory materials: a) The purposes of the letter, b) The history of the interpretation of the letter to the Romans, c) the recipients of the letter to the Romans, d) Understanding the rhetoric of Romans. Reading for following week: Sumney, Jerry L. “Reading the Letter to the Romans,” in Reading Paul’s Letter to the Romans, Resources for biblical study 73. Jerry L. Sumney ed. Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 2012 :1-9. David E. Aune, “ Romans, Paul’s Letter to the,” in The Westminster Dictionary of New Testament and Early Christian Literature and Rhetoric, Louisville, KY – London, Westminster John Knox Press, 2003.
  • Week 2 Rom 1-2: a) Salutation, b) Thanksgiving, c) The human condition and God’s response, d) The status of Israel. Reading for following week: Porter, Calvin L. "Paul A Theologian: Romans." Encounter 65, no. 2 (Spring, 2004): 109-36.
  • Week 3 Rom 3-4: a) No one is just before God Righteousness that comes through faith, b) The example of Abraham. Reading for following week: Byrne, Brendan "Interpreting Romans Theologically in a Post-"New Perspective". Harvard Theological Review 94, no. 3 (07, 2001): 227-41.
  • Week 4 Rom 5: a) Justification in Christ, b) Comparing Adam and Christ. Reading for following week: Pascuzzi Maria “Why and From What did Humans Need to Be Saved,” in Pascuzzi Maria, Paul: Windows on his Thought and His World, Winona, MA: Anselm Academic, 2014: 115-135.
  • Week 5 Rom 6: a) Dying and Rising with Christ. Reading for following week: Green, Joel B. “Death of Christ” in Dictionary of Paul and his letters, ed. Gerald F. Hawthorne, Ralph P. Martin & Daniel G. Reid, Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press 1993: 201-209.
  • Week 6 Rom 7: a) Dying to the Law, b) Law and Sin. Reading for following week: Pascuzzi, Maria “ What Was Wrong with the Law?” in Pascuzzi Maria, Paul: Windows on his Thought and His World, Winona, MA: Anselm Academic, 2014: 136-158.
  • Week 7 Rom 8: a) Life in the Spirit. Reading for following week: Gaventa, Beverly Roberts "The Cosmic Power of Sin in Paul's Letter to the Romans: Toward a Widescreen Edition." Interpretation 58, no. 3 (07, 2004): 229-40
  • Week 8 Rom 9-10: a) Where does Israel stand in God’s plan? b) How has Israel rejected the Messiah? Reading for following week: Heil, John Paul. "Christ, the Termination of the Law (Romans 9:30-10:8)." *The Catholic Biblical Quarterly( 63, no. 3 (07, 2001): 484-98.
  • Week 9 Rom 11-12: a) Israel’s rejection of the Messiah has opened the way for the Gentiles, b) Paul’s hope that Israel will be saved. c) New life in Christ. Reading for following week: Yinger, Kent L. "Romans 12:14-21 and Nonretaliation in Second Temple Judaism: Addressing Persecution within the Community." *The Catholic Biblical Quarterly*60, no. 1 (01, 1998): 74-96.
  • Week 10 Rom 13-14: a) Being subject to authorities, b) Call to mutual love, c) Dealing with the weak in faith, d) Not judging one another. Reading for following week: Jamison, Trevor. "Authorities: Romans 13:1-7(1)." Encounter 69, no. 3 (Summer, 2008): 79-83.
  • Week 11 Rom 15-16: a) Pleasing others – not yourselves, b) Welcome one another, c) Paul’s travel plans, d) Personal greetings and gnal instructions. Reading for following week: Burer, Michael H. and Daniel B. Wallace. "Was Junia really an Apostle? A Re-Examination of Rom 16.7." New Testament Studies 47, no. 1 (01, 2001): 76-91.
  • Week 12 Review of the unit: a) Major issues of the letter and Pauline theology. Reading:: Long, Thomas G. "Preaching Romans Today." Interpretation 58, no. 3 (07, 2004): 265-75.
Contact hours 36
Total time commitment 200
Start date 31 Jul, 2023
Census date: 22 Aug, 2023
End date: 17 Nov, 2023
Academic staff: Rev Dr Chris Monaghan
Textbook(s): No textbook is required for this unit.

Unit code: BN9017Y

Unit status: Approved (Major revision)

Points: 24.0

Unit level: Postgraduate Elective

Unit discipline: New Testament

Delivery Mode: Face to Face

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