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Romans
4:13-25
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
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Chapter VI,
On Patience,
Tertullian (c.
202) |
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II.2, On
The Apparel of Women,
Tertullian (c.
202) |
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Chapter
VII, Scorpiace,
Tertullian
(c. 213) |
| From
Martin Luther's Bible Commentary (1545). |
| From the Geneva Notes.
 | "...the condition of faith would be joined in vain to the promise if it could
be apprehended by works." |
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| From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
| "God honours faith; and great faith honours
God." |
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| From
Wesley's Notes.
| "Against all probability, believed and hoped in the promise. The same thing
is apprehended both by faith and hope; by faith, as a thing which God has spoken; by hope,
as a good thing which God has promised to us." |
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| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "These things were not recorded as mere historical facts, but as
illustrations for all time of God's method of justification by faith." |
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| From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
| "The same God who quickened Abraham's body, as good as dead, raised up our
Lord." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
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"First
Thoughts on Year A Epistle Passages in the Lectionary,"
Pentecost 4, William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in
Australia.
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"What is it we
acknowledge in Christ which remains 'non-negotiable'? Is any of that
so culturally specific as to exclude others?" |
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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Third Sunday after Pentecost, God's Saving Work in the Letter to the
Romans: Lectionary Texts for the Pentecost Season, Arland J. Hurtgren,
Word & World Texts in Context, Luther
Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1993. |
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"God's Promise
Received by Faith," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed
textual notes. |
| "Abraham:
The Faith of our Father (Romans 3:27 - 4:25)," by Robert Deffinbaugh at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
| "Abraham’s name is mentioned
many other times in the Old Testament. Most often in the books of Israel’s history
God’s name is mentioned to demonstrate that God’s actions were in fulfillment of
His promise to Abraham." |
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| "The
Eschatological Aspect of Justification," James T. Dennison, Jr.,
in Kerux: The Online Journal of Biblical Theology (Reformed).
| "It is precisely at
this point—the eschatological character of justification that neither
broad evangelicals, Roman Catholics or radicals like Sanders and Dunn
grasp the unique character of the Pauline theology." |
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"First
Thoughts on Passages on Year B Epistle Passages in the Lectionary:
Lent 2," William
Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
| "Similar struggles
emerge today when people ponder whether there can be such faith in God
without the culturally specific reference to Christianity." |
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| Articles & Background:
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"Abraham
and the Righteousness of God," Lloyd Gaston, at the Jewish-Christian
Relations site.
| "The
displacement theory, which says that the church has effectively displaced Israel as God's
people, goes back to the earliest days of the emerging church and is still the pervasive
Christian presupposition for doing theology or Biblical study. Not only does this theory
cut off all possibility of theological cooperation between Christians and Jews, but it
introduced an unbridgeable chasm into Scripture itself." |
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"Incorporated Righteousness: A Response to Recent Evangelical Discussion
Concerning the Imputation of Christ's Righteousness in Justification,"
Michael F. Bird, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society,
2004.
| "To be sure, union with Christ is
not something that is entirely synonymous with justification. Yet
neither is union with Christ an ancillary concept subsumed under
justification or vice versa. Rather, union with Christ comprises
Paul's prime way of talking about the reception of the believer's
new status through incorporation into the risen Christ by faith." |
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"The
Right to Hope," Paul Tillich, at
Religion
OnLine.
| "But these hopes, in both Testaments, have to struggle with continuous
attacks of hopelessness, attacks against the faith in a meaning of life and against the
hope for life's fulfillment." |
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| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Baird, William, "Abraham in the New Testament:
Tradition and the New Identity," Interpretation, 1988.
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| Bell, Daniel M., "Jesus, The Jews, and the Politics
of God's Justice," Ex Auditu, 2006.
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| Bird, Michael F., "Incorporated Righteousness: A
Response to Recent Evangelical Discussion Concerning the Imputation of
Christ's Righteousness in Justification," Journal of the Evangelical
Theological Society, 2004.
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| Cosgrove, Charles H., "Justification
in Paul: A Linguistic and Theological Reflection," Journal of
Biblical Literature, 1987.
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| DeGraaf, David,
"Some Doubts about Doubt: The New Testament Use of DIAKRINW,"
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 2005.
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| Eisenbaum, Pamela,
"A Remedy for Having Been Born of Woman: Jesus, Gentiles, and Genealogy in
Romans," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2004.
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| Gathercole, Simon, "After the New
Perspective: Works, Justification and Boasting in Early Judaism and
Romans 1-5," Tyndale Bulletin, 2001.
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| Goppelt, Leonhard, translated by Mathias
Rissi,
"Paul and Heilgeschichte: Conclusions from Romans 4 and 1 Corinthians
10:1-13," Interpretation, 1967.
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| Hays, Richard B., "'Have We Found
Abraham to Be Our Forefather according to the Flesh?' A Reconsideration
of Romans 4:1," Richard B. Hays, Novum Testamentum, 1985.
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| Hultgren, Arland J., "God's Saving
Work in the Letter to the Romans: Lectionary Texts for the Pentecost
Season," Word & World, 1993.
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| Leithart, Peter J., "Justification as Verdict and
Deliverance: A Biblical Perspective," Pro Ecclesia, 2007.
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| Spitaler, Peter, "DIAKRINESTHAI in Mt. 21:21,
Mk. 11:23, Acts 10:20, Rom. 4:20, 14:23, Jas. 1:6, and Jude 22 -- the
'Semantic Shift' That Went Unnoticed by Patristic Authors, Novum
Testamentum, 2007.
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| Steinmetz, David C., "Calvin and Abraham: The
Interpretation of Romans 4 in the Sixteenth Century, Church History,
1988.
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| Tobin, Thomas H., S.J., "What Shall We Say that
Abraham Found? The Controversy behind Romans 4," Harvard Theological
Review, 1995.
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| Reviews:
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Simon J. Gathercole Where Is Boasting?: Early Jewish Soteriology and
Paul's Response in Romans 1-5. Eerdmans, 2002.
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Review by James P.
Sweeney in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. |
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Review by Jouette M
Bassler in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2003. |
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Review by Sigurd
Grindheim in The Journal of the
Evangelical Theological Society, 2004. |
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Review by Douglas Moo, Trinity Journal, 2004. |
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