Contents

Foreword
Prologue
Preface
Prelude to the Study
Abbreviations

General Introduction

Chapter 1: A Critical Survey of Former Studies on the Overall Purpose, Literary form and the Theological Views on ‘Righteousness of God’ in Romans

Chapter 2: Rhetorics, Rhetorical Structure and the Contexts of the Rhetorical Unit of Rom 3:21-31

Chapter 3: Exegetical and Rhetorical Analysis of Rom 3:21-31

Chapter 4: The Old Testament and the Jewish Background of the Pauline Doctrine of Righteousness of God

Chapter 5: The Theology of the Righteousness of God in the Romans

Chapter 6: Contextual Application of the Pauline Doctrine of Righteousness of God

General Conclusion
Bibliography

Thomas Vallianippuram is a priest of the archdiocese of Changanassery. He holds three doctorates in biblical theology, the first in the Gospel of John, the second in Prophet Jeremiah and the third in St Paul. This book is the fruit of his research in the Pauline doctrine of righteousness of God in the Letter to the Romans. At present he serves as the spiritual director and the teacher of Scripture in Good Shepherd Major Seminary, Kunnoth, Kerala. He has published 3 books a) New Society in John’s Gospel, b) Jeremiah as a Prophet of Hope amidst Calamity: An Exegetico theological Study of Jeremiah 30-31 and c) Jeremiah: A Prophet of the Modern World.

The author may be contacted at
e-mail: thomasvalliany@gmail.com / Mob: 9495745557