{"product_id":"9780820468174","title":"Reading Romans as a Diatribe","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book illustrates how the macro-structure of the «body» of Romans essentially follows that of the diatribes in Epictetus’s \u003ci\u003eDiscourses\u003c\/i\u003e. As in \u003ci\u003eDiscourses\u003c\/i\u003e, the diatribe in Romans begins with the thesis (1.16-17), then follows an indictment (1.18-32) and dialogues with a fictitious second-person singular in chapter two. Arguments with the \u003ci\u003eme genoito\u003c\/i\u003e formula dominate the middle part of the diatribe. In the middle of chapter eleven, the phase changes back to dialogues with the second-person singular. The ending of the diatribe Romans also, like \u003ci\u003eDiscourses\u003c\/i\u003e, includes cynic and hyperbolic statements (14.21 and 14.23). Thus, the «body» of Romans should not be read as a real letter, but as a diatribe that was distributed in Paul’s schoolroom and later appropriated as a letter. This teaching was not directed to a specific group of people, viz., the Christians in Rome, but rather intrinsically universalized. Therefore, its message is intrinsically more powerful for us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang Publishing Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47021744652528,"sku":"9780820468174","price":68.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780820468174_p0.jpg?v=1763751836","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780820468174","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}