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NT332 A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on Paul’s Letter to the Romans is unavailable, but you can change that!

Understanding the rhetorical craft that Paul employs is essential for interpreting the Letter to the Romans. No less important is understanding the specific issues Paul’s Roman audience was facing and how he uses his arguments to resonate profoundly with them. In this course, Dr. Ben Witherington III provides a socio-rhetorical analysis of this letter, examining the social setting of Paul’s...

So when I say “socio” in socio-rhetorical, I’m mainly talking about social history. What was the social reality of the ancient world, and how did it differ from ours? Well, the structure of society was different. For example, fifty percent of the labor force was indeed literally slave labor—very different from the structure of our economy. The structure of families were different; individual families had slaves. The structure of religion was also different. The essence of ancient religion was—whether