Stephen Westerholm is professor emeritus of early
Christianity at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. His other
books include Reading Sacred Scripture: Voices from the History of
Biblical Interpretation (with Martin Westerholm), Justification
Reconsidered: Rethinking a Pauline Theme, and Understanding Paul:
The Early Christian Worldview of the Letter to the Romans.
Interpretation
"Few writings have shaped Christian theology and practice over the
centuries as has Paul's letter to the Romans. Yet until now, we
have lacked a single volume account of the lengthy history of its
interpretation (itself a near impossible task) that deals with the
whole of the letter. This volume fills that void." "Those reading
Romans today need to be aware of the nearly twenty centuries of
previous interpretation. There is no better way to get an overview
of that than by reading this book. Stephen Westerholm has produced
an excellent survey of the history of the interpretation of Romans,
both by well-known exegetes like Chrysostom, Augustine, and Calvin
and by many other lesser known but still significant interpreters.
Thoroughly to be commended."
-- Tony Lane
London School of Theology "Anyone interested in studying Romans, or
in the history of Christian dogmatics, should read this splendid
book cover to cover, and then keep it close by for frequent
consultation. Westerholm surveys eighteen centuries of interpretive
thinking about Paul's most influential epistle and does so with the
accuracy, sympathy, humility, and delightful bursts of humor that
make his scholarship so profitable."
-- Frank Thielman
Beeson Divinity School, Samford University "Westerholm is here
concerned with the history of interpretation of Romans from the
Patristic era via the Middle Ages up to the twentieth century, and
he begins, as one should, by paying close attention to the Greek
manuscript tradition showing awareness of the fact that textual
variants are an integral part of that history--the anonymous
scribes were readers and interpreters, who at times sought to
'improve' the text, thus contributing to that rich history of
interpretation with those theologians we know by name from Origen
to Karl Barth."
-- Tommy Wasserman
Örebro School of Theology, Sweden "Like the tip of the proverbial
iceberg, compelling exegesis is the visible portion of a much
larger body of learning. Here we get a glimpse of that larger
learning as Stephen Westerholm discusses the text of Romans, the
identity of its first readers, and a gallery of its interpreters
down two millennia. The lucid writing and crisp analysis not only
whet the appetite for the author's own forthcoming commentary on
the letter but also provide essential preparation for any serious
attempt to interpret Romans."
--Stephen Chester, Lord and Lady Coggan Professor of New Testament,
Wycliffe College
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