The Apocalyptic Wrath of God and Its Place in the Gospel of Paul (Rom 1:18-32) Cover Image

Apokaliptyczny gniew Boga i jego miejsce w Ewangelii Pawła (Rz 1,18-32)
The Apocalyptic Wrath of God and Its Place in the Gospel of Paul (Rom 1:18-32)

Author(s): Marcin Kowalski
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Theology and Religion, Rhetoric
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II - Wydział Teologii
Keywords: apocalypticism; Rom 1:18-32; divine wrath; rhetoric; Paul’s gospel; Greco-Roman world;

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the motif of divine wrath in Rom 1:18-32. The author starts with a survey of the recent proponents of the “apocalyptic Paul” (Albert Schweitzer, Ernst Käsemann, J. Christiaan Beker, Douglas Campbell, N.T. Wright et al.). Next, the basic elements of the apocalyptic language in Rom 1:18-32 are scrutinized: the idea of revelation (ἀποκαλύπτ-), God’s sovereign rule over the world (παραδίδωμι), and God’s saving wrath (ὀργή). The author then demonstrates the place and the dynamics of Rom 1:18-32 within the context of the Pauline argumentation of Rom 1–4. The paper concludes with aconcise presentation of the idea of divine wrath as found in the Old Testament and in Jewish and Greco-Roman literature, which allows us to appreciate the novelty and apocalyptic dimension of God’s wrath in Paul.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 33
  • Page Range: 203-249
  • Page Count: 47
  • Language: Polish