Romans: Class Schedule, Spring 2007
Jan 30
Introduction to the course and to Romans
Feb 6
Focus: Romans 1:1-17
Translate Romans 1:1-7, 14-17
Bryan, pp. 3-7, 57-77
Wright, pp. 395-428
Achtemeier, Paul. "Unsearchable Judgments and Inscrutable Ways.
Reflections on the Discussion of Romans." In Pauline Theology Volume
IV: Looking Back, Pressing On, pp. 3-21. Atlanta: Scholars Press,
1997.
COME WITH "FIRST CHOICE" AND "SECOND CHOICE" FOR THE
"REVIEW" COMMENTARY AND THE TEXT FOR THE FINAL PAPER
WRITTEN ON A SHEET OF PAPER
Feb 13 Focus: Romans 1:18-32
Translate: Romans 1:18-27
Bryan, pp. 77-91
Wright, pp. 428-436
Reasoner, 11-21
David Fredrickson, "Natural and Unnatural Use in Romans 1:24-27: Paul
and the Philosophical Critique of Eros," in Homosexuality, Science, and
the "Plain Sense" of Scripture, pp. 197-222. Edited by David Balch.
Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000.
Feb 20 Focus: Romans 2:1-3:20
Translate: Romans 3:1-8
Bryan, pp. 11-41, 91-102
Wright, pp. 436-468
PRELIMINARY BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE TODAY
Feb 27 SPRING BREAK
March 6 Focus: Romans
3:21-4:22
Translate: Romans 4:1-12
Bryan, pp. 42-54, 102-119
Wright, pp. 468-501
Reasoner, 23-41
March 13 Focus: Romans 4:23-5:21
Translate: Romans 5:12-21
Bryan, pp.120-133
Wright, pp. 501-532
Reasoner, 43-66
March 20 Focus: Romans 6
Translate: Romans 6:1-11
Bryan, pp.133-138
Wright, pp. 533-548
Richard Carlson, "The Role of Baptism in Paul’s Thought."
Interpretation 47 (1993): 255-266.
March 27 Focus: Romans 7
Translate: Romans 7:14-25
Bryan, pp. 138-145
Wright, pp. 549-572
Reasoner, 67-84
April 3 EASTER BREAK
April 10 Focus: Romans 8
Translate: Romans 8:18-30
Bryan, pp. 145-159
Wright, pp. 573-619
Reasoner, 85-94
April 17 Focus: Romans 9-11
Translate: Romans 11:25-32
Bryan, pp.159-193
Wright, pp. 620-699
Reasoner, 95-128
Krister Stendahl, Final Account. Paul’s Letter to the Romans, pp. 33-44.
Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1995.
April 24 Focus: Romans
12:1-13:14
Translate: Romans 12:1-3; 13:1-7
Bryan, pp.194-211
Wright, pp. 700-730
Reasoner, 129-142
Neil Elliott, Liberating Paul. The Justice of God and the Politics of the
Apostle (Orbis: 1994), pp. 214-230.
May 1 Focus: Romans 14:1-15:13
Translate: Romans 14:13-23
Bryan, pp. 211-221
Wright, pp. 730-751
May 8 Focus: Romans 15:14-16:27
Translate: Romans 15:14-21
Bryan, pp. 222-238
Wright, pp. 751-770
Reasoner, 143-149
Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, "Missionaries,
Apostles, Coworkers: Romans
16 and the Reconstruction of Women’s Early Christian History." Word
& World 6 (1986): 420-433.
COMMENTARY REVIEWS DUE TODAY
FINAL PAPERS DUE BY NOON ON FRIDAY!