Kinship and kingship - Identity of the Messiah as a key to Romans

Abstract

In this thesis it is argued that the christology of Romans 1.3b-4 forms a programmatic statement for Paul's theology in Romans and functions as a crucial argument in his explanation of the theme of the epistle. This is done by paying attention to both the intertextuality and messianic exegesis Paul probably used, and to the epistolary and rhetorical function of the expanded prescript.