Tag: Abraham

Audience and Predestination in the Letter to the Romans
A perennial question in the interpretation of Paul’s letter to the Romans is what testimony the letter bears on the issue of predestination.1 Especially in the last few decades, the identity of the letter’s implied audience has also become more of a live question. Discussing These Difficulties I recently had the opportunity to sit down…
27 July 2020
Growth in the Land(s) Promised to Abraham
Scholars often connect Ben Sira and Paul when discussing Abraham as “heir of the world.” But other Second Temple interpreters use the same reading strategy.
20 July 2020

Audience and Predestination in the Letter to the Romans