Romans is a letter that Paul is writing in particular circumstances to a particular group of Christians. There’s never been much debate in the history of scholarship that Paul is the author of the letter. It’s pretty clear that he’s in Corinth as he writes the letter. [It’s] pretty clear that he’s writing on the third missionary journey, probably in about AD 57. But we want to look at some issues that might be a little bit more debated and yet very significant for our right interpretation of Romans