Christ is God Over All : Romans 9:5 in the context of Romans 9-11

This book is written against the background of Christological scholarly thought since thepublication of Kyrios Christos by Bousset. Carraway argues that the syntax of Romans 9:5 suggests Paul meant to refer to Jesus as God, and that his statement is not out of place at thebeginning of Romans 9-11.He addresses objections to this conclusion, responding to those who claim that a monotheist such as Paul would not refer to Jesus as God, and to those who point out that Paul does not elsewhere identify Jesus as God. After demonstrating that there is a connection between Romans 9:5 and the remainder of Romans 9-11, the argument continues by tying Paul's monotheistic statements regarding the one God of both Jews and Gentiles in Romans 3, the concept of the one Lord of all in Romans 10:5-13.The book concludes that the redeemer from Zion in 11:25-27 is Christ, and is the same as the Christ from Israel in 9:5.

“Carraway has pointed the way forward toward resolving one of the more difficult exegetical problems in the Pauline corpus. If his readers do not agree with him at each and every point— and many will not regarding his overall reading of Romans 9–11, for example—he has reset the agenda for the debate.” —James C. Miller, Asbury Theological Seminary, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, New Testament Abstracts

“This is an excellent piece of work. It is clearly—even engagingly—written. The citation of secondary literature, especially of English and German works, is abundant.” - James Swetnam, S.J., Jesuit Hall, USA, The Catholic Biblical Quarterly