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Dr. Rollin Ramsaran

Education
• B.A. Pacific Christian College
• M.A. Fuller Theological Seminary
• Ph.D. Boston University

Ministry Experience
Church planting and staff ministry experience with churches in Southern California and Brookline, Mass.

Publications
Liberating Words: Paul’s Use of Rhetorical Maxims in I Corinthians 1–10

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Rollin A. Ramsaran

Professor of New Testament

Bibliography

Books

Liberating Words: Paul’s Use of Rhetorical Maxims in 1 Corinthians 1–10. Valley Forge: Trinity, 1996.

Chapters in Books

“Paul and Maxims” in Paul in the Greco-Roman World, ed. J. Paul Sampley. Harrisburg: Trinity, 2003.

"Living and Dying, Living is Dying (Phil 1:21): Paul’s Maxim and Exemplary Argumentation in Philippians" in Rhetorical Argumentation in Biblical Texts, ed. Anders Eriksson, Tom H. Olbricht, and Walter Überlacker. Harrisburg: Trinity, 2002.

Resisting Imperial Domination and Influence: Paul's Apocalyptic Rhetoric in 1 Corinthians” in Paul and the Roman Imperial Order, ed. Richard A. Horsley. Harrisburg: Trinity, 2004.

In Preparation

"In The Steps of the Moralists: Paul’s Rhetorical Argumentation in Philippians 4" in Rhetoric, Ethics, and Moral Persuasion in Biblical Discourse, ed. Tom H. Olbricht and Anders Eriksson. Harrisburg: Trinity, forthcoming.

Journal Articles

"‘In Nonessentials, Liberty’: A Key Ministry Context from Romans 14:1–15:13," Leaven 8/4 (2000): 164–68.

"Who is a True Friend?: Lukan Friendship as Paradigm for the Church," Leaven 5/2 (1997): 25–28; 13.

"More Than an Opinion: Paul’s Rhetorical Maxim in First Corinthians 7:25–26," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 57 (1995): 531–41.

Book Reviews

Review of Jerry L. Sumney, ‘Servants of Satan’, ‘False Brothers’ and Other Opponents of Paul (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999) in Lexington Theological Quarterly 36 (2001): 43–45.

Review of Daniel Patte, The Challenge of Discipleship: A Critical Study of the Sermon on the Mount (Harrisburg: Trinity, 1999) in Encounter: 63/4 (2002): 450–51.

Review of C. J. den Heyer, Paul: A Man of Two Worlds (Harrisburg: Trinity, 2000) in Religious Studies Review 27/2 (2001): 170.

Review of Justin L. Meggitt, Paul, Poverty, and Survival (Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1998) in Religious Studies Review 26/2 (2000): 193.

Review of John D. Harvey, Listening to the Text: Oral Patterning in Paul’s Letters (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998) in Review of Biblical Literature (2000): 412–15.

Review of Brian S. Rosner, Paul, Scripture, and Ethics: A Study of 1 Corinthians 5–7 (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1994) in The Stone-Campbell Journal (2000): 148–50.

Review of Margaret Y. MacDonald, Early Christian Women and Pagan Opinion: The Power of the Hysterical Woman (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996) in Journal of American Academy of Religion 67/1 (1999): 223–26.

Review of Brad H. Young, Paul the Jewish Theologian: A Pharisee among Christians, Jews, and Gentiles (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1997) in Lexington Theological Quarterly 33/3 (1998): 176–77.

Review of J. Louis Martyn, Galatians: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary, Anchor Bible, Volume 33A (New York: Doubleday, 1997) in The Stone–Campbell Journal 1/2 (1998): 28385.

Review of Alan R. Hunt, The Inspired Body: Paul, the Corinthians, and Divine Inspiration (Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1996) in Religious Studies Review 24/1 (1998): 95.

Review of C. K. Barrett, Paul: An Introduction to His Thought (Westminster/John Knox, 1995) in Horizons in Biblical Theology 18/1 (1996): 11213.

Review of Kevin Quast, The Corinthian Correspondence: An Introduction (Orbis, 1994) in Critical Review of Books in Religion 8 (1995): 28385.

Review of Richard A. Horsley, Sociology and the Jesus Movement (Crossroads, 1989) in Journal of the American Academy of Religion 60/4 (1992): 788791.

Review of Richard A. Horsley, Liberation of Christmas: The Infancy Narratives in Social Context (Crossroads, 1989) in Journal of Biblical Literature 110/1 (1991): 159162.

Review of Bruce J. Malina, Christian Origins and Cultural Anthropology (John Knox, 1986) in The Second Century 7/4 (198990): 239241.

In Preparation

Review of C.K. Robertson, Conflict in Corinth: Redefining the System (Peter Lang, 2001) in Religious Studies Review.

Review of Mark J. Goodwin, Paul: Apostle of the Living God (Trinity, 2001) in Religious Studies Review.

Review of Michael J. Gorman, Cruciformity: Paul’s Narrative Spirituality of the Cross (Eerdmans, 2001) in Lexington Theological Quarterly.

Review of M. Luther Stirewalt Jr., Paul, The Letter Writer (Eerdmans, 2003) in Stone-Campbell Journal.


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