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Record Nr.

UNINA9910794183003321

Autore

O'Reilly Matt

Titolo

Paul and the resurrected body : social identity and ethical practice / / Matt O'Reilly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Atlanta, Georgia : , : SBL Press, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

0-88414-442-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 pages)

Collana

Emory studies in early Christianity ; ; Number 22

Disciplina

236.8

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"In Paul and the Resurrected Body: Social Identity and Ethical Practice, Matt O'Reilly makes the case that the social dimension of future bodily resurrection is just as important, if not more so, than individual salvation and resurrection. Through a close reading of key texts in the letters to the Corinthians, Romans, and Philippians, O'Reilly argues that resurrection is integral to Paul's understanding of Christian social identity. In Paul's theological reasoning, a believer's hope for the future depends on being identified as part of the people of God who will be resurrected"--