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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461552603321

Autore

Richardson Neil <1943->

Titolo

Paul's language about God / / Neil Richardson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, England : , : Sheffield Academic Press, , [1994]

©1994

ISBN

1-283-20079-1

9786613200792

0-567-57607-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (381 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; ; 99

Library of New Testament studies

Disciplina

227/.06

Soggetti

God - Biblical teaching

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Abridged and revised version of author's dissertation.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [336]-349) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1; GOD-LANGUAGE IN ROMANS 9-11; Chapter 2; GOD-LANGUAGE IN l CORINTHIANS l. 18-3.23; Chapter 3; GOD-LANGUAGE AS POLEMIC: 2 CORINTHIANS 2.14-4.6; Chapter 4; GOD-LANGUAGE IN PAULINE PARAENESIS; Chapter 5; THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PAUL'S LANGUAGE ABOUT GOD AND HIS LANGUAGE ABOUT CHRIST; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; Appendix 1: ( ) in Pre-Pauline Traditions; Appendix 2: God-Language in the Paraenesis of other New Testament Epistles; Appendix 3: Religion in the Graeco-Roman World; Appendix 4: Christ-Language in the Deutero-Paulines

Appendix 5: The ( ) FormulaBibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

Does Paul offer a new understanding of God? Or was his Christology simply added to his inherited jewish beliefs about God? Scholars have tended to ignor questions such as these, or to take for granted the possible answers to them. This new study, based on recent research, examines in detail Paul's language about God. Four chapters are devoted to Romans 9-11, Corinthians 1.18-3.23, 2 Corinthians 12.14-4.6 and Romans 12.1-15.13, exploring their God-language, and



drawing out its signigicance against the wider Jewish and Graeco-Roman backgrounds. A fifth chapter explores the interplay of Paul's la