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A group of leading international scholars here discuss the central
chapters of Paul's letter to the Romans. These trilingual essays are the
fruits of the 25th Colloquium Oecumenicum Paulinum, which met in
September 2018 at the Abbazia di San Paolo fuori le Mura. Tracing the
language, structure, flow, and purpose of these seminal chapters, the
authors here highlight Paul's radical analysis of the human condition,
the power of grace, co-crucifixion with Christ, the agency of the
Spirit, and the combination of lament and hope in the midst of
suffering. Paul's slavery metaphor, his marriage analogy, and the
purpose and reference of the famous statements of the "I" in Romans 7
are all here discussed in depth. What emerges throughout is Paul's
consistent confidence in the love of God in Christ, and his assurance
that God has re-directed the cosmos towards life, in the resurrection of
Christ.
