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Document Details : Title: Rhetoric and Intertextuality Subtitle: To Understand the 'I' of Rom 7,7-25 Author(s): ROMANELLO, Stefano Journal: Biblica Volume: 104 Issue: 4 Date: 2023 Pages: 564-583 DOI: 10.2143/BIB.104.4.3292743 Abstract : In Rom 6,1-7,6, believers, thanks to the undeserved divine initiative in Christ, are freed from the dominion of sin and from subjection to the Law, and they are thereby empowered to behave accordingly. In 8,1-17 this condition of theirs is characterized by the presence of the Spirit. The 'I' of 7,7-25 has not yet entered into the saving relationship with Christ and his Spirit, and therefore is not a believer. Recent proposals that link Rom 7,7-25 to texts of lamentation (psalms and others) ultimately show only generic thematic affinities, not extensive correspondences. Therefore, they do not explain the decisive features of the 'I' on such grounds. |
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