{"product_id":"ancient-letters-and-the-purpose-aaron-ricker-9780567693983","title":"Ancient Letters and the Purpose of Romans: The Law of the Membrane","description":"Aaron Ricker locates the purpose of Romans in its function as a tool of community identity definition. Ricker employs a comparative analysis of the ways in which community identity definition is performed in first-century association culture, including several ancient network letters comparable to Romans. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eRicker's examination of the community advice found in Rom 12-15 reveals in this new context an ancient example of the ways in which an inscribed addressee community can be invited in a letter to see and comport itself as a \"proper\" association network community. The ideal community addressed in the letter to the Romans is defined as properly unified and orderly, as well accommodating to - and clearly distinct from - cultures \"outside.\" Finally, it is defined as linked to a proper network with recognised leadership (i.e., the inscribed Paul of the letter and his network). Paul's letter to the Romans is in many ways a baffling and extraordinary document. In terms of its community-defining functions and strategies, however, Ricker shows its purpose to be perfectly clear and understandable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aaron Ricker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0567693988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780567693983\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d","brand":"Aaron Ricker","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44059284996351,"sku":"9780567693983","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d1ade876-55f7-42ad-b085-23c026dbab73.jpg?v=1685057309","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ancient-letters-and-the-purpose-aaron-ricker-9780567693983","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}