Final Exam Flashcards
Greco-Romans Letters
Length: one papyrus sheet Form: -opening -thanksgiving -body -closing Scribes Sent with travelers
Paul’s Letters
Length: scroll
New literary form:
-theological content
-communal addresses
New Testament Letters
Paul - 13 -to churches (longest to shortest) -to individuals (longest to shortest) Other Letters - 8 -arranged longest to shortest
The City of Rome
Legendary founding
Capital of an empire
Ethnic/economic diversity
Temples to Roman gods
Jews in Rome
Jewish presence from 139 BC
Jewish expelled from Rome - 49AD
Churches in Rome
Not planted by Paul
Ascending influence in Mediterranean world
There was a collection of house churches
Structure of Romans
Theological Issues
-Salvation (soteriology)
-What about Israel?
Practical Issues
Circumstances Paul going to Rome?
Paul wants to go to Spain, he would like Rome’s help to get there.
Scribe (Romans)
Tertius
Carrier (Romans)
Phoebe
Soteriology
Universal Need Means of Salvation Justification by Faith Refuting objections Life in the Spirit
What about Israel?
Paul's great sorry and unceasing anguish God's sovereignty/mercy Righteousness by faith, not law Branches grafted into the olive tree All Israel will be saved
Practical Exortations
Spiritual gifts
Love
Submission to authority
stop passing judgment
1 Corinthians
different than Romans with the relationship between Paul and the church he is writing too.
Author (1 Corinthians)
Paul & Sosthenes