Engaging Augustine on Romans
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tennant, Richard A. / Patte, Daniel / Teselle, Eugene, PUBLISHER: T&T Clark, Although Augustine's ideas about biblical interpretationg>onong> developed with age and with ong>hisong> deeper church involvement as bishop of Hippo, he never abandong>onong>ed the centrality of biblical interpretationg>onong> as a pillar of the life of Christian faith. Tong>hisong> collectiong>onong>, the latest volume in the series Romans Through ong>Hisong>ong>onong>g>toong>onong>g>ry and Cultures, examines in detail the methods of Augustine, the biblical hermeneut. Paula Fredriksen explores the ways that Augustine uses a literal interpretationg>onong> of the Bible ong>onong>g>toong>onong>g> understand the role of Israel, Jews, and Judaism in ong>hisong> theology of ong>hisong>ong>onong>g>toong>onong>g>ry. Eugene TeSelle examines the inner cong>onong>flict that Augustine expresses in ong>hisong> sermong>onong>s ong>onong> Romans 7 and 8. Simong>onong> Gathercole analyzes the ways that Augustine reads natural law and resong>onong>g>toong>onong>g>red nature in Romans as a result of ong>hisong> cong>onong>versiong>onong>. John Riches looks at the impact Augustine's readings of Paul have had ong>onong> Pauline critical studies. About the series: Romans Through ong>Hisong>ong>onong>g>toong>onong>g>ry and Cultures includes a wealth of informationg>onong> about the way Romans has been received throughout the ong>hisong>ong>onong>g>toong>onong>g>ry of the church and ong>onong>g>toong>onong>g>day. Volumes in tong>hisong> series explore the impact of Romans ong>onong> theology, ong>onong> cultural, political, social, and ecclesial life, and ong>onong> gender relationg>onong>s.