So what model should we adopt? At this point I should drop the veil of authorial anonymity in order to disclose the particular interest that has motivated my work on Romans throughout the preparation of this volume and that has, accordingly, guided the theoretical framework I have adopted. And in a market as crowded as the Römerforschungsplatz it is probably beholden on anyone wishing to set up a new stall to explain what new product might justify such audacity. The contemporary