Romans 7:1–8:17 with Susan Eastman

Dr. Susan Eastman (Duke Divinity School) talks to us about Romans 7:1–8:17. We discuss a number of things including: the law, the infamous “I”, and Sin’s agency.

RELEVANT BOOKS BY SUSAN EASTMAN

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This week we are giving away a copy of Susan Eastman’s book (thanks to Eerdmans):

• Paul and the Person: Reframing Paul’s Anthropology. Eerdmans, 2017.

THIS WEEK’S BLURBS

Susan Eastman recommends:

• Beverly Roberts Gaventa. “The Shape of the ‘I’: The Psalter, the Gospel, and the Speaker in Romans 7.” Pages 77–92 in Apocalyptic Paul: Cosmos and Anthropos in Romans 5–8. Edited by Beverly Roberts Gaventa. Baylor University Press, 2019.

OTHER BOOKS AND ARTICLES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

• Simon Gathercole. “Sin in God’s Economy: Agencies in Romans 1 and 7.” Pages 158–172 in Divine and Human Agency in Paul and His Cultural Environment. Edited by John Barclay and Simon Gathercole. T&T Clark, 2008.