The Biblical Annals, 2017, Tom 7 (64), Nr 4

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    Mark T. Finney, Honour and Conflict in the Ancient World. 1 Corinthians in Its Greco-Roman Social Setting (LNTS 460; London – New York: T & T Clark 2012)
    (Wydawnictwo KUL, 2017) Kowalski, Marcin
    Book review: Mark T. Finney, Honour and Conflict in the Ancient World. 1 Corinthians in Its Greco-Roman Social Setting (LNTS 460; London – New York: T & T Clark 2012) Hardback. Pp. XVII + 288. $136. ISBN 9780567057723
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    Lutz Doering, Ancient Jewish Letters and the Beginnings of Christian Epistolography (WUNT I/298; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2012)
    (Wydawnictwo KUL, 2017) Kowalski, Marcin
    Book review: Lutz Doering, Ancient Jewish Letters and the Beginnings of Christian Epistolography (WUNT I/298; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2012). Pp. XIV+600. Cloth €129. ISBN 978-3-16-152236-9
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    Nowe życie jak ziarno gorczycy. Spójność argumentacji retorycznej Pawła w Rz 5-8
    (Wydawnictwo KUL, 2017) Kowalski, Marcin
    In the present article, the author with the use of rhetorical method analyzes the coherence of Paul’s argumentation on new life in Rom 5 – 8. First, the topic of new life is examined in the global context of the dispositio rhetorica in Rom 5 - 8. The three dangers to the gift of new life distinguished by the author are: 1) the slavery of sin (Rom 6), 2) the defective human self-righteousness (Rom 7,7-25), and 3) the suffering and corruption of the present world (Rom 8,19-23). At the end, the role of the Spirit in Rom 5 – 8 is explained. He is the one that liberates mankind from the triple slavery and leads to the fullness of new life, which is to be revealed in the Kingdom of God. The rhetorical reading shows the coherent strategy of Paul, who describes the gift of new life in a germinal state, which calls for man’s reliance on the Spirit and the Spirit empowered deeds.