Creation, justification, resurrection : an exposition and critique of Kasemann's Romans
Ernst Kasemann's Commentary on Romans has been highly acclaimed for its contribution to the study of the New Testament. At the same time, it has been acknowledged that it is a highly complex work, difficult to understand. The purpose of this dissertation is to isolate one of the major distinctive new ideas in the commentary and to argue that this distinctive new idea is a. particularly valuable contribution. Contrary to much current opinion, Kasemann asserts that the epistle is an inwardly coherent unity, in which all Paul's theological concepts are subordinate to a central theme, which also determines his ideas about the everyday life appropriate to believers. This theme, which Kasemann believes to be Paul's own sharpening of the primitive gospel, is the righteousness of God as justification of the ungodly by faith. Complementing this claim is Kasemann's observation that the three statements in Rom 4, describing God as him who justifies the ungodly (4:5), raises the dead (4:17), and brings into existence that which does not exist (4:17), are parallel or equivalent statements, central to the whole epistle. It is contended that the recognition of this particular linking of ideas is Kasemann's most distinctive
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Religious theory of Kasemann
Creation, justification, resurrection : an exposition and critique of Kasemann's Romans. Ernst Kasemann's Commentary on Romans has been highly acclaimed for its contribution to the study of the New Testament. At the same time, it has been acknowledged that it is a highly complex work, difficult to understand. The purpose of this dissertation is to isolate one of the major distinctive new ideas in the commentary and to argue that this distinctive new idea is a. particularly valuable contribution. Contrary to much current opinion, Kasemann asserts that the epistle is an inwardly coherent unity, in which all Paul's theological concepts are subordinate to a central theme, which also determines his ideas about the everyday life appropriate to believers. This theme, which Kasemann believes to be Paul's own sharpening of the primitive gospel, is the righteousness of God as justification of the ungodly by faith. Complementing this claim is Kasemann's observation that the three statements in Rom 4, describing God as him who justifies the ungodly (4:5), raises the dead (4:17), and brings into existence that which does not exist (4:17), are parallel or equivalent statements, central to the whole epistle. It is contended that the recognition of this particular linking of ideas is Kasemann's most distinctive
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