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New Perspective on Paul and the Law

Paul wrote his letter to the Romans around the mid 50’s as Paul resided in Corinth right before his final trip to Jerusalem. In the letter, he establishes himself as the apostle to the Gentiles. Paul sees himself and his primary role as to be the heralder of the one true King, Jesus Christ, and that the foretold coming of the Messiah had been fulfilled in Christ’s death and ultimate resurrection: a cosmic unveiling of God’s faithfulness to his covenant . The letter was written to the early Christian community of Rome, who at that time was fragmented as was the Jewish community in general who had no central authority in Rome. Jews represented a significant percentage of the Roman population, and while tolerated, was still subjected to Roman law and ruling, which Jews considered pagan and corrupt. Because of this, there was a great hatred and loathing within Rome by Jews for the Gentiles, whom they considered inferior and unclean in......

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