Translating Romans: some persistent headaches

Which Romans do “ as Romans do ” ? Individual

Which Romans do "as Romans do"? Individual differences in conformity to cultural conflict resolution scripts Abstract The current research investigates the proposal that cross-cultural differences in conflict resolution choices are driven by culturally conferred cognitive scripts—expectancies about appropriate actions in a setting and outcomes they will evoke. Cognitive styles such as Need for ...

Solving some persistent presupposition problems

/S0aanes 1979/provides some counterexamples to the theory of natural language presuppositions that is presented in /Gazdar 1979/. /Soames 1982/ provides a theory which explains these eounterexamples. /Mercer 1987/ rejects the solution found in/Soames 1982/ leaving these eounterexamples unexplained. By reappraising these insightful counterexamples, the inferential theory for natural language pre...

Does Romans 9 Teach Individual Election Unto Salvation? Some Exegetical and Theological Reflections

Calvinists typically appeal to Romans 9 to support their theology of divine election. In particular, they assert that Romans 9 teaches that God unconditionally elects individuals to be saved. By "unconditionally" they mean that God, in eternity past, freely chooses specific individuals whom he will save (Eph 1:4) and that his choice is not based on their foreseen faith or effort (Rom 9:16). God...

Introducing Romans : Critical Issues in Paul ’ s

The Faithfulness of Jesus Christ in Romans and Galatians ( with special reference to Romans