• Approximate date of composition 
• Three manuscript versions of Romans (Did Paul make more than one copy of the letter? If so, to whom did he send each copy?) 
• Marcion 
• The question about chapter 16 
• The Edict of Claudius 
• Place of origin of the letter 
• Location of Rome (See the map of Italy and the surrounding regions.) 
• Roetzel's view of the purpose of the letter to the Romans 
• Other options for the purpose of Romans 
• "The obedience of faith" (Romans 1:5-7) 
• Pistis
• Ambiguity and paradox in Romans 1:16-17 
• The central issue in Romans 1-8 (See lecture notes.)
• The righteousness of God

• Two reasons why Paul's gospel may have seemed suspect to some Roman Jews 
• The example of Adam (what point does Paul use it to make?) 
• Romans 6 (What charge does Paul answer there?) 
• Sarx (Paul's view of the flesh)
• Paul's use of "I" in chapter 7 (Compare Philippians 3:4-6.) 
• Romans 9-11 (What is the point?) 
• Two main claims which are in tension in Romans 9-11 
• Main topics and purpose in the paraenesis (Romans 12-15) 
• Cognitive terms in Romans 12:1-2 
• Paul's travel plans for the future at the end of the letter to Rome 
• Ten main sections of the letter to Rome (See pp. 111-112.)

• dikaiosune
• The word "forgiveness" in Paul's letters (how often does it appear?)
• Romans 4:7
• Anthropocentric
• Justification in Romans and Galatians
• The "theological context" of Paul's view of justification by faith
• The two most commonly cited texts on justification by faith
• Stendahl's view of what the letter to the Romans is about
• The "center of gravity" of the letter to the Romans (which chapters?)

• tsedaqah
• Amos' point of view (a word to the oppressor)
• Paul's point of view (a word to the oppressed)
  
• Stendahl's view of the greatest possible threat to serious biblical studies
• Stendahl's solution to the "greatest threat"
• Honorary Jews
• Matthew 20:1-16 and Romans 9-11 according to "Pastor Horn"
• Guilt as motivator for modern faith but not Paul's

• Paul's conscience
• Second Corinthians 12
• Paul's "thorn in the flesh"
• Parousia (What does the term mean?)
• Paul's expectation of the Parousia
• Galatians 4:13-15
• Paul's view of what his weakness implies

• Second Corinthians 4:1-6
• Theology of the Cross
• The Corinthian "Super Apostles"
• Second Corinthians 10-13 (Main purposes)
• Knowledge and wisdom at Corinth
• Romans 5:6-8
• The cause of Paul's weakness

• First Corinthians 13
• 44 BCE
• agape
• Stendahl's understanding of what Paul meant by "love"

• The issue concerning which Paul most clearly demonstrates the relation between love and integrity
• "The Strong"
• "The Weak"
• Paul's principle for the behavior of the strong

• Romans 13:1-7
• Paul's general principle for the Christian's relationship to the state
• Judas the Galilean
• 66CE
• 70 CE
• Philo of Alexandria
• 64 CE
• Date of the letter to the Romans

• Purpose of Main Concern of Romans 13:1-7
• Paul's view of "conscience"
• The tax controversy in Rome
• Paul's location when he wrote the letter to the Romans
• Probable demographic composition of the Christian community in Rome
• The Edict of Claudius
• Factors that influenced Paul's thinking about taxes
• Furnish's view of the lasting contribution of Romans 13:1-7

• Sitz im Leben
• Tarsus 
• Paulos
• Shaul
• Septuagint (LXX) 
• The view of God in the Septuagint 
• Elohim
• Theos
• Torah
• Nomos
• Conscience (syneidesis) 
• Lists of virtues and vices (See Galatians 5:19-23) 
• Metaphor (See 1 Corinthians 3:16-17; 9:24-27; and 12:27) 
• Diatribe 
• Stoics 
• Hellenistic rhetoric 
• Allegory 
• Diaspora Judaism 
• Philo of Alexandria 
• God-fearers 
• Fertility Cults 
• Mystery Religions 
• The Eleusian Mystery 

• Hades-Pluto 
• Kore-Persephone 
• Demeter

• The Isis-Osiris Mystery 

• Isis 
• Osiris 
• Seth 
• Horus 
• Serapis (from Osiris + Apis)

• The Dionysiac Myth 

• Dionysus 
• Zeus 
• Semele 
• Hera 
• "Born again," "Second birth" 
• Enthusiasm

• The Healing Cult of Asclepius 

• Stoicism 
• logos
• apatheia
• Pantheism 
• Tarsus (What relation did this city have to stoicism?)
• Cynicism 
• Neo-Pythagoreanism 
• "Like seeks like" 
• Gnosticism 
• Nag Hammadi (1945) (Why is this small Egyptian town important? And what happened there in 1945?)

• Judaizers 
• Romans 9-11 (What is discussed here?) 
• Canon Muratori (Muratorian Canan) 
• Conversion 
• Call 
• Galatians 1:13-16 
• Philippians 3:5-9

• Acts 9, 22, 26 
• Paulos
• Saulos
• Luther (Martin Luther) 
• Paul's one sin that he mentions specifically 
• Augustine 
• paidagogos (Galatians 3:24) (See Stendahl, pp. 17-23)

• The "New Perspective" on Paul and the Law
• Paul's own autobiographical statements (Where are they found?)
• Gamaliel
• Hillel
• Romans 9:6-29 (What does this suggest about Paul's education?)
• 1 Corinthians 10:4 (What does this suggest about the location of Paul's education?)
• Apocalyptic
• Paul's view of resurrection
• Belief in two ages

• Mystery
• Romans 9-11 and Paul's self-understanding
• Mysticism
• Merkabah
• 2 Corinthians 12:1-4
• Rudolf Bultmann (understanding of Paul's view of the Torah)
• E.P. Sanders (understanding of Paul's view of the Torah)
• J.D.G. Dunn (understanding of Paul's view of the Torah)
• The New Perpective's unanswered question
  

• Myth (Be sure to check your notes as well as the readings.) 
• The "personal" nature of Paul's view of the natural world 
• Cult 
• Baptism as a mythic experience 
• Communion as a mythic experience

• Jesus' death as the model for action in the world 
• The Powers that Be (Can you list them?) 
• Kyrios
• The Last Adam (Can you list three passages relevant to this issue? What is the point of each one?)

• Corinth 
• Ephesus 
• Philippi 
• Tarsus
• Thessalonica

• Asia 
• Galatia
  
• Cilicia 
• Macedonia 
• Achaia