Byrnesys Blabberings

I really love Romans, I had a great time studying for a few months with Simon Gathercole and Peter Williams, both who are completely Genius’ and opened up so much about the book that I struggle to remember 10% of it.

Librovox, which is a free audio library for books old enough not to have any copyright get recorded by the readers of the website and published there upon completion, in the summary for the recording they included this NT Wright (one of the most prominent theologians of the "new persepctive") quote/intro to Romans with I though was very good.

In the words of N.T. Wright, the Book of Romans is "neither a systematic theology nor a summary of Paul’s lifework, but it is by common consent his masterpiece. It dwarfs most of his other writings, an Alpine peak towering over hills and villages. Not all onlookers have viewed it in the same light or from the same angle, and their snapshots and paintings of it are sometimes remarkably unalike. Not all climbers have taken the same route up its sheer sides, and there is frequent disagreement on the best approach. What nobody doubts is that we are here dealing with a work of massive substance, presenting a formidable intellectual challenge while offering a breathtaking theological and spiritual vision".^[1]