Law in Romans: An Interpretive Proposal

Rather than pursue the usual procedure for addressing a biblical-theological issue in a paper of this nature, this will be an effort of a somewhat different sort. It is commonly accepted and expected that the author conduct a rather thorough—but usually tedious and often tiresome—review of and response to the literature on the subject. Instead, this paper will attempt to set forth a fresh proposal for interpreting Paul’s use of “law” in his letter to the Romans. This will be done by quickly exploring several critical but suggestive passages in his letter. Then as a test case, there w