{"title":"Romans 1,11-12 : A Clue to the Purpose of Romans?","authors":"Erwin Ochsenmeier","doi":"10.2143/ETL.83.4.2025345","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Commentaries on Romans usually gloss over Rom 1,11-12 rapidly. Yet lexical and conceptual parallels with 1 Thess, the presence of vocabulary used mostly in contexts of affliction and suffering, the many references to affliction, suffering, perseverance and hope in Romans and in the OT passages quoted by Paul suggest that these verses may indicate that the letter to the Romans is fulfilling the purpose of Paul's delayed visit, i.e. to encourage the Roman believers to hope in God in the midst of present or upcoming suffering.","PeriodicalId":42509,"journal":{"name":"Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses","volume":"143 1","pages":"395-406"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1000,"publicationDate":"2007-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2143/ETL.83.4.2025345","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"RELIGION","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Commentaries on Romans usually gloss over Rom 1,11-12 rapidly. Yet lexical and conceptual parallels with 1 Thess, the presence of vocabulary used mostly in contexts of affliction and suffering, the many references to affliction, suffering, perseverance and hope in Romans and in the OT passages quoted by Paul suggest that these verses may indicate that the letter to the Romans is fulfilling the purpose of Paul's delayed visit, i.e. to encourage the Roman believers to hope in God in the midst of present or upcoming suffering.
期刊介绍:
Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses (ETL), founded in 1924, is a quarterly publication by professors of Theology and Canon Law at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and the Université catholique de Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve). Each volume totals ca. 1300 pages. Issues 1 (April) and 4 (December) contain articles, book reviews and chronicles in various languages (English, French, German). Issue 2-3 (September) represents the annual Elenchus Bibliographicus, an extensive bibliography of books and articles that appeared during the preceding year. The bibliography (ca. 15,000 entries) covers the entire field of Theology and Canon Law: History of Theology, History of Religions.