“If You Call Yourself a Jew”: A Reconsideration on Identifying Paul’s Interlocutor(s) in Romans 2
In Romans 2, Paul uses the Greco-Roman rhetorical technique of diatribe, i.e., a debate with a fictional partner. Reformation interpreters insisted that Paul confronts a hypocritical Jew; this thought remained prominent until the last century and has yielded unintentional anti-Semitic readings of Pa...
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| Main Author: | Scott Storbakken |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2024-12-01
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| Series: | Religions |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/12/1564 |
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