Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- The context of the power of sin -- The legacy of Augustine -- Conclusion -- 2 'GRID AND GROUP' -- Introduction -- Natural Symbols (1st edition, 1970, 3rd USA edition, 1982) -- Natural Symbols (2nd edition, 1973, 3rd UK edition, 1996) -- Isenberg and Owen, Malina, Neyrey -- Cultural Bias (1978) -- Applying the matrix to Paul -- 3 PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL BOUNDARIES IN CORINTH -- Introduction -- Applying 'Grid and Group' to 1 Corinthians -- Locating Corinth on the matrix -- Locating Paul on the matrix -- Conclusion -- 4 EXCLUSIVE BOUNDARIES IN GALATIA -- Introduction -- Applying 'Grid and Group' to Galatians -- Redrawing the boundaries -- Righteous Jew and sinful Gentile -- Jerusalem and Antioch -- Gentile sinners justified in Christ (Gal. 2:15-16) -- Paul's answer (Gal. 2:18f.) -- The curse of the law -- The power of sin -- Works of the flesh -- Conclusion -- 5 SMALL BOUNDED GROUPS IN ROME -- Introduction -- The purpose of Romans -- The weak and the strong -- The theme of the letter -- Locating Paul on the matrix -- 6 INCLUSIVE BOUNDARIES IN ROME -- Insiders and outsiders -- Romans 3:10-12 -- Psalm 13:1-3 LXX -- Psalm14:1-4 MT -- Romans 3:13a -- Psalm 5:9 LXX -- Psalm 5:10 MT -- Romans 3:13b -- Psalm 139:2-3 LXX -- Psalm 140:3-4 MT -- Romans 3:14 -- Psalm 9:27-28 LXX -- Psalm 10:6-7 MT -- Romans 3:15-17 -- Isaiah 59:7-8 LXX -- Isaiah 59:7-8 MT -- Psalm 35:1 LXX -- Psalm 36:2-3 MT -- Hope for a low grid community -- New boundaries for old -- Believing Gentiles as righteous insiders -- Release from the law -- A Torah-observant Jew as a sinful outsider -- Forbidden desire (7:7-12) -- The conflict between willing and doing -- The eschatological Spirit -- Conclusion -- 7 CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY.

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