Mark Reasoner is professor of biblical theology at Marian University (Indianapolis). He is the author of The Strong and the Weak: Romans 14:1-15:13 in Context; Romans in Full Circle; and Five Models of Scripture and co-author of The Abingdon Introduction to the Bible and The Letters of Paul: An Introduction.
Preface
List of abbreviations
1. 'Strong' and 'weak' in Romans: past portraits and significance
2. Romans 14.1-15.13 refers to an historical situation in Rome
3. 'Strong' and 'weak' as terms of social status in first-century Rome
4. 'Strong' and 'weak' eating and drinking patterns
5. Paul's clues for identifying the abstinence of the 'weak'
6. The motivation behind the abstinence of the 'weak'
7. The observance of days in Romans 14.5-6
8. The identification of day observance in the Roman churches
9. Superstition in Rome and in Romans 14-15
10. Obligation: Paul's solution to the controversy
11. Portraits of the 'strong' and 'weak'
12. The 'strong' and 'weak' and the topos of Romans
Bibliography
Index of biblical references
Index of early Christian literature
Index of Hellenistic and rabbinic Jewish sources
Index of Greco-Roman sources
Index of authors
Index of subjects.
