The So-Called Jew in Paul's Letter to Romans

Decades ago, Werner G. Kmmel described the historical problem of Romans as its "double character": concerned with issues of Torah and the destiny of Israel, the letter is explicitly addressed not to Jews but to Gentiles. At stake in the numerous answers given to that question is nothing less than the purpose of Paul's most important letter. In The So-Called Jew in Paul's Letter to the Romans , nine Pauline scholars focus their attention on the rhetoric of diatribe and characterization in the ope