NT331 Book Study: Paul’s Letter to the Romans
Overview
Paul’s epistle to the Romans is one of the most important theological treatises ever written. In this upper-division course, Douglas Moo traces the major theological themes of Romans, following Paul’s flow of thought from argument to argument. Moo covers essential historical and theological backgrounds, and brings students into Romans’ traditional interpretations and the newer ideas developed by the “New Perspective on Paul.”
Top Highlights
“But a very significant turning point came in the year ad 49. Luke in the book of Acts refers to a significant event in that year, chapter 18, when he talks about the Emperor Claudius expelling all the Jews from Rome.” (source)
“A fourth theme that Paul touches on in these verses comes in verse 5 where he brings together two key words: the word ‘obedience’ and the word ‘faith.’” (source)
“Jewish Christians are now coming back into the Christian community that they’ve founded to find themselves in the minority, to find themselves no longer in the positions of leadership perhaps. All of this explains why the Roman Christian community that Paul addresses in Romans is divided.” (source)
“Romans is a letter that Paul is writing in particular circumstances to a particular group of Christians” (source)
“For him, the gospel is about believing, about the fundamental act of having faith in Jesus the Messiah and Son of God. But the gospel is also about living out that faith in obedience. For Paul, I think he is suggesting there can be no faith in any genuine biblical sense that doesn’t always issue an obedience. Neither, however, can there be true obedience of God that is not rooted in genuine faith in God’s Son, the one whom he has sent to be the Lord and Savior of all.” (source)
- Title: NT331 Book Study: Paul’s Letter to the Romans
- Author: Douglas J. Moo
- Series: Logos Mobile Education
- Publisher: Lexham Press
- Print Publication Date: 2014
- Logos Release Date: 2014
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Courseware
- Subjects: Bible. N.T. Romans › Theology; Bible. N.T. Romans › Commentaries; Education › Bible. N.T. Romans
- Resource ID: LLS:NT331MOO
- Resource Type: Courseware Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T04:50:25Z
Dr. Douglas J. Moo, professor of New Testament, teaches at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. For over twenty years, his ministry was based at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. His academic interests revolve around the interface of exegesis and theology.
Dr. Moo seeks to model to students a rigorous approach to the Greek text that always asks the “so what” questions of ultimate significance and application. The Pauline and General Letters have been his special focus within the NT canon. In the next few years, he will be writing commentaries on Galatians and Hebrews, a Pauline theology, and a theological and practical book on creation care.
He has also been active in his local church, serving as elder most years, teaching and preaching to the church, and conducting home Bible studies. Also very rewarding has been his service on the Committee on Bible Translation, the group of scholars charged with revising the text of the NIV and with producing the TNIV.
He and his wife, Jenny, have five grown children.
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blessings from above
4/20/2023
Paul’s epistle to the Romans is one of the most impactful stories written. In this study course, Douglas Moo entails the main events in the book of Romans, surrounding Paul’s ministry. They even discuss the impact of how he used faith to stand up against injustice when he was tried and sentenced to prison.