The noble death : Graeco-Roman martyrology and Paul's concept of salvation / / David Seeley

• Autore: Seeley David
• Pubblicazione: Sheffield, England : , : JSOT Press, , [1990]; ©1990
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (177 p.)
• Disciplina: 236.1
• Soggetto topico: Salvation
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1; PAUL'S DOCTRINE OF SALVATION AND THE TEMPLE CULTUS; Chapter 2; PAUL'S DOCTRINE OF SALVATION AND THE SUFFERING SERVANT (ISAIAH 52-53); Chapter 3; PAUL'S DOCTRINE OF SALVATION AND THE BINDING OF ISAAC (GENESIS 22); Chapter 4; PAUL'S DOCTRINE OF SALVATION AND THE MYSTERY RELIGIONS (ATTIS, ADONIS, ISIS, OSIRIS, ELEUSIS); Chapter 5; PAUL'S DOCTRINE OF SALVATION AND THE CONCEPT OF THE NOBLE DEATH; Chapter 6; THE GRECO-ROMAN CONTEST OF PAUL'S DOCTRINE OF SALVATION; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index of Biblical References; Index of Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: For Paul, Jesus' death is vicarious. But in what way, precisely? The author critically reviews the various possibilities, offering evidence that in Paul's thought Jesus is understood as fulfilling a martyr's role rather than as a cultic sacrifice or as patterned after biblical models such as the Suffering Servant or the Isaac figure. The essential aspects of the concept of the Noble Death, found in the martyr stories of 2 and 4 Maccabees and in Graeco-Roman literature, are clearly discernible also in Paul's interpretation of the death of Jesus. Paul was very much a man of his time, and the con
• Titolo autorizzato: The noble death
• ISBN: 1-283-19344-2; 9786613193445; 0-567-11799-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813459903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Library of New Testament studies.; Journal for the study of the New Testament. . -Supplement series ; ; 28.