probabilities but rather expound what I think is the best view. Time after time I was aware of alternative explanations, but this is not a book of interaction with scholarship. Rather, I am exploring an approach to reading Romans, and at times I will make some bold suggestions that would require much further work to demonstrate adequately. But, again, this book attempts to hear Romans through the (imagined) ears of the Weak and Strong. Western Christianity has been shaped by Romans like no other
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