Purpose and Cause in Pauline Exegesis

This book is about how to read Paul's letters as first-century epistles. A new method is worked out by studying Romans 1.16 4.25. The first step is to consider what Paul was aiming to say to the Romans; the second is to examine Paul's thought as we see it in the passage. The result is a presentation of Romans as a very practical letter, in which we see justification by grace through faith as theology at work. The principles of this new method are explained and some older ideas challenged.