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A creative collection of essays that introduces, critiques, and dialogues with Daniel Patte's ground-breaking work Romans: Three Exegetical Interpretations and the History of Reception: Volume 1: Romans 1:1-32 (T&T Clark, 2018). Nine scholars from different cultural and methodological perspectives engage with Patte's work, critique his methodology and ethic of interpretation, and develop alternative readings.
The first part introduces the format of Patte's book and the three historical interpretations: forensic, covenantal, and realized-apocalyptic. Part two debates methodology and ethical responsibility. The third part focuses on Romans 1:16-18 and 1:26-27 and includes a Confucian Chinese reading and a call for joint biblical and social-science research on the role of Romans in current public policy debates. The final part includes a chapter on pedagogy regarding how Patte's book can be used in the classroom. The final chapter is a powerful description by Patte himself of the various life experiences that shaped his reading of Romans. This book is a critical and communal conversation with Patte on the history of reception of Romans 1 and an example of the necessity of conversations among diverse interpreters that, as Patte says, "reflect the diversity of the modes of our human experience".
Contents
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
James P. Grimshaw
Part I: Overview
1: Can One Really Be an Exegete and Claim that All Exegeses are Equally Legitimate - Timothy Gombis, Independent Scholar, USA
2: Three Commentaries, One Author: One Author Shaped by History and Culture - Robert L. Brawley, McCormick Theological Seminary, USA
Part II: Methodology and Ethical Responsibility
3: Ethical Responsibility and the Necessity to Choose Among a Plurality of Equally Legitimate and Plausible Interpretations - Kathy Ehrensperger, University of Potsdam, Germany
4: Unending Interpretations: Continuing the Conversation - Tat-siong Benny Liew, College of the Holy Cross, USA
5: The Collision of Adverse Opinions: A Reflection on Daniel Patte, John Stuart Mill, and the Absolutization of Certainty - Monya A. Stubbs, Chicago Theological Seminary, USA
6: Can We Live With Romans After Auschwitz? - Gary A. Phillips, Wabash College, USA
Part III: Romans 1:16-18 and 1:26-27
7: A Chinese Cross-Cultural Reading of "d??a??s??? ?e??" In Romans 1:17: A Plausible Fourth Exegesis in Conversation With Daniel Patte - K. K. Yeo, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, USA
8: A Historical Analysis of Daniel Patte's Strategies and Ethics of Reading With a Focus on Romans 1:16-18 and 1:26-27 - Bernadette J. Brooten, Brandeis University, USA
Part IV: Future Application and Past Influence
9: Patte's Romans in the Classroom: Can the Introduction and Chapter 1 Provide Students an Entrée into Postmodern Hermeneutic Theory and Practice? - John Jones, La Sierra University, USA
10: The Taproot of My Perception of Romans as Necessarily Multivalent and Contextual - Daniel Patte, Vanderbilt University, USA
References
Author Index
