“If You Call Yourself a Jew”: A Reconsideration on Identifying Paul’s Interlocutor(s) in Romans 2

In Romans 2, Paul uses the Greco-Roman rhetorical technique of diatribe, i.e., a debate with a fictional partner. Reformation interpreters insisted that Paul confronts a hypocritical Jew; this thought remained prominent until the last century and has yielded unintentional anti-Semitic readings of Pa...

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Main Author: Scott Storbakken
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-12-01
Series:Religions
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/12/1564