Romans 5–6: The Rise of Two Empires
Dr. Rony Kozman (Samford University) guides us through Romans 5–6. We discuss:
* Paul’s use of royal-military language and how Sin and Death came to rule the whole world
* Which law Paul has in view in Rom 5:12–14 and 20–21, and Paul’s use of the ancient Jewish tradition of Adam’s law
* Law’s role in the drama of Sin and Death’s Imperial reigns and how this fits with what Paul says about law throughout Romans
* The repeated comparison between Adam and Christ and if Paul is a universalist
* The image of slavery and how it relates to human agency
Works by Dr. Rony Kozman
* Adam’s Wisdom and Israel’s Law: Paul, Early Judaism, and Natural Law Tradition. Baylor University Press, 2025.
* “When Law Came to Adam: The Origin Story of Sin and Death in Romans 5,” in “Paul among Jews and Christians: Redescribing the ‘Jewishness’ of Paul and His Receptions,” ed. Rafael Rodriguez, special issue, Religions 15 (2024), 1552.
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