This extensive and detailed analysis compares Paul with the author of 4 Ezra against the background of Sanders's portrayal of early Judaism. 4 Ezra and Paul would seem to have one significant point in common: their common displacement from the covenantal 'pattern of religion' which was so prevalent in Early Judaism. It is from this perspective that Longenecker undertakes his comparison.

Bruce Longenecker is Lecturer in New Testament Studies at St Andrews University, Scotland.

Preface
Abbreviations
Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION
Chapter 2. INTRODUCTION TO 4 EZRA
Chapter 3. EPISODE I
Chapter 4. EPISODE II
Chapter 5. EPISODE III
Chapter 6. EPISODE IV
Chapter 7. EPISODE V
Chapter 8. EPISODE VI
Chapter 9. EPISODE VII
Chapter 10. CONCLUSIONS TO 4 EZRA
Chapter 11. INTRODUCTION TO ROMANS l-l l
Chapter 12. THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL CONDITION
Chapter 13. THE CHRISTOLOGICAL CORRECTIVE AND THE COMMUNITY OF GRACE
Chapter 14. THE ETHNIC COMPONENT OF CHRISTOCENTRIC COVENANTALISM
Chapter 15. COMPARISON OF 4 EZRA AND ROMANS 1-11
Bibliography
Index of Biblical References
Index of Authors