Romans
9:1-5
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- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Greek Interlinear Bible, ScrTR, ScrTR t, Strong, Parsing, CGTS, CGES id, AV.
- The Bible Gateway: NRSV, RSV, NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- Chapter XXXII of The First Epistle to the Corinthians, Clement of Rome (ca. 96).
- III.XVI.3, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
- Chapter X, Adversus Judaeos, Tertullian (c. 198)
- Chapter XIII, Chapter XV, Against Praxeas, Tertullian (c. 213)
- Chapter VII, Chapter VIII, On Modesty, Tertullian (c. 217)
- From Martin Luther's Bible Commentary (1545).
- From the Geneva Notes.
- "The apostle loved his brethren so completely that if it had been possible he would have been ready to have redeemed the castaways of the Israelites with the loss of his own soul forever: for this word "accursed" signifies as much in this place."
- From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
- "To be insensible to the eternal condition of our fellow-creatures, is contrary both to the love required by the law, and the mercy of the gospel."
- From
Wesley's Notes.
- "It is termed covenants, in the plural, because it was so often and so variously repeated, and because there were two dispositions of it."
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "In proportion as he felt himself severed from his nation, he seems to have realized all the more vividly their natural relationship."
- From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
- "This affirmation is made so solemn because the Jews charged Paul with having forsaken his race. He speaks as in the presence of Christ, with a conscience enlightened by the Holy Spirit."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
- Commentary,
Romans 9:1-5, J.R. Daniel Kirk, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2014.
- "There is some debate over whether Paul intends to say, 'Messiah, who is God over all, blessed forever' or, instead, 'Messiah who is over all -- God be blessed forever!' The second expression is more likely. "
- "The Nation of Israel as the People of God," Dan Clendenin, Journey with Jesus, 2014.
- "There's a simultaneous narrowing and expansion of God's action in history, a movement from the particular to the universal."
- Commentary,
Romans 9:1-5, Matt Skinner, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2011.
- "People these days ask God to damn lots of things. I have, too; but I've never had the nerve to include myself on the list. Paul did, offering to surrender his own salvation in Christ if it could make a difference."
- Commentary,
Romans 9:1-5, Paul S. Berge, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2008.
- "The identity of the Messiah is the greatest of God's gifts to Paul's kindred according to the flesh. This brings Paul to the only words that can express the focus of all that he has said in these introductory words?a doxology of praise to God?'God blessed forever. Amen!'"
-
"First
Thoughts on Year A Epistle Passages in the Lectionary,"
Pentecost 8, William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in
- "Thoroughgoing love is too hard to contemplate for so many - even today. We need people to write off - do we really?"
-
"Man
Opposes, God Disposes (Romans 9:1-13)," by Robert Deffinbaugh at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- "Some seek to water down Paul’s words and the doctrine of election by suggesting that the election spoken of here and elsewhere is the election of a nation, a group, and not individuals. This is quite contrary to Paul’s teaching. In fact, the very concept of group election is the error Paul is trying to correct here."
- "A Prayer for One's Own," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed textual notes.
- Commentary,
Romans 9:1-5, J.R. Daniel Kirk, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2014.
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Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices. Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
- Aageson, J.W.,
"Scripture and Structure in the Development of the Argument in Romans 9-11,"
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1986.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Aageson, J.W.,
"Typology, Correspondence, and the Application of Scripture in Romans 9-11,"
Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 1987.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Bartlett, David, "Preaching for
Ordinary Time," Journal for Preachers, 2008. (Section on this
text begins on page 46.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Brenner, Daniel S.,
"Late-Night Covenants: A Jewish Perspective on Sinai and Study," The
Living Pulpit, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Cook, Michael J., "Paul's Argument in
Romans 9-11," Review & Expositor, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Cosgrove, Charles H.,
"Rhetorical Suspense in Romans 9-11: A Study in Polyvalence and
Hermeneutical Election," Journal of Biblical Literature, 1996.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Cranford, Michael, "Election and Ethnicity: Paul's
View of Israel in Romans 9:1-13," Journal for the Study of the New
Testament, 1993.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Davis, D. Mark,
"The Centrality of Wonder in Paul's Soteriology," Interpretation,
2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Eisenbaum, Pamela, "Is Paul the
Father of Misogyny and Anti-Semitism?" Cross Currents, 2000/01.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Epp, Eldon Jay, "Jewish-Gentile
Continuity in Paul: Torah and/or Faith? (Romans 9:1-5)," Harvard
Theological Review, 1986.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Foskett, Mary F.,
"Biblical Images of Adoption and Asian Adoptees in America," Semeia,
2002.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Getty, Mary Ann,
"Paul and the Salvation of Israel: A Perspective on Romans 9-11,"
The
Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1988.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Harrelson, Walter, "How to Interpret
the Old Testament: The Central Issue between Christians and Jews,"
Review & Expositor, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hunter, Amy B., "Big Story,"
The
Christian Century, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Jarvis, Cynthia A., "Our Jewish
Problem," The Christian Century, 2002.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Jewett, Robert, "The Law and the
Coexistence of Jews and Gentiles in Romans," Interpretation,
1985.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Kyrychenko, Alexander, "The
Consistency of Romans 9-11," Restoration Quarterly, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Longnecker, Bruce W.,
"Different Answers to Different Issues: Israel, The Gentiles and Salvation
History in Romans 9-11," Journal for the Study of the New Testament,
1989.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Meyer, Ben F., "Election-Historical Thinking in
Romans 9-11, and Ourselves," Ex Auditu, 1988.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Paddison, Angus,
"Karl Barth's Theological Exegesis of Romans 9-11 in the Light of
Jewish-Christian Understanding," The Journal for the Study of the New
Testament, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Schreiner, Thomas R., "Does Romans 9
Teach Individual Election unto Salvation? Some Exegetical and
Theological Reflections," Journal of the Evangelical Theological
Society, 1993.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Spencer, F. Scott, "Metaphor, Mystery
and the Salvation of Israel in Romans 9-11: Paul's Appeal to Humility
and Doxology," Review & Expositor, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Tamez, Elsa,
"God's Election, Exclusion and Mercy: A Bible Study of Romans 9-11,"
International Review of Mission, 1993.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Uddin, Mohan, "Paul, the Devil and 'Unbelief' in
Israel (with Particular Reference to 2 Corinthians 3-4 and Romans
9-11)," Tyndale Bulletin, 1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Wakefield, Andrew H.,
"Romans 9-11: The Sovereignty of God and the Status of Israel," Review and Expositor, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Westhelle, Vitor, "Paul's Reconstruction of Theology:
Romans 9-14 in Context," Word & World, 1984.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Aageson, J.W.,
"Scripture and Structure in the Development of the Argument in Romans 9-11,"
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1986.
- Sermons:
- Families In Christ, Jeff Wedge, SermonStudio.
- Families In Christ, Jeff Wedge, SermonStudio.
- With Children:
- Worshiping with Children, Including children in the congregation's worship, using the Revised Common Lectionary, Carolyn C. Brown, 2014. 2011.
- "Storypath Lectionary Links: Connecting Children's Literature with our Faith Story," August 3, 2014, Union Presbyterian Seminary. Genesis 32:22-31 and Eric the Boy Who Lost His Gravity by Jenni Desmond, Romans 9:1-5 and Separate Is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatluh, Matthew 14:13-21 and Picnic by John Birningham. 2011.
- Drama:
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Clip Art, Romans 9:3, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators.
- Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Contemporary/Praise Song suggestions, Together to Celebrate, David MacGregor.
- Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Study Links and Resources for the Book of Romans
