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Readers of Paul today are more than ever aware of the importance of interpreting Paul’s letters in their Jewish context. In Reading Romans in Context a team of Pauline scholars go beyond a general introduction that surveys historical events and theological themes and explore Paul’s letter to the Romans in light of Second Temple Jewish literature. In this non-technical collection of short essays,...

. Strikingly, Paul agrees with the author of the Psalms of Solomon that God’s Messiah is the son of David and is marked out for his role in God’s eschatological timetable by the action of the Holy Spirit, or “Spirit of holiness,” as Paul calls him.3 Romans 1:3 is the only place in Paul’s undisputed letters that he mentions Jesus’ Davidic descent.4 With this mention, Paul
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