The Obedience of Faith - Paperback

by Paul S. Minear (Author)

Minear puts forward the significance of using the information uncovered from the last three chapters of Romans (14-16) to reconstruct the picture of the situation in Rome and to interpret the letter as a whole accordingly. He challenges the assumption held by many commentators that there was a single Christian congregation in Rome where different groups of Christians worshipped side by side. Minear proposes that Paul is trying to unite the strong and the weak communities in Rome. Paul does this by employing twelve axioms in efforts at reconciliation in 14.1-15.13. According to Minear, it is the purpose of the rest of Romans to explain, support, and defend these axioms.

Author Biography

Paul S. Minear is a graduate of Yale (Ph.D., 1932) and Iowa Wesleyan University (LL.D., 1942).. From 1933-34 he was Assistant Professor, Hawaii School of Religion, Honolulu; Professor, Garrett Biblical Institute (1933-44); Norris Professor, Andover Newton Theological School (1944-56); Winkley Professor of Biblical Theology, Yale Rector, Ecumenical Institute for Advanced Theological Study, Jerusalem.

Dr. Minear is the author of a number of books including: 'An Introduction to Paul' (1937); 'And Great Shall be Your Reward' (1941); 'Eyes of Faith' (1946); 'The Choice' (1948); 'The Kingdom and the Power' (1950); 'Christian Hope and the Second Coming' (1954); 'Jesus and His People' (1956); 'Images of the Church in the New Testament' (1960); 'The Gospel according to Mark' ('Layman's Bible Commentaries, ' 1962); and 'I Saw a New Earth' (Corpus Books, 1969).