Grace, reconciliation, concord : the death of Christ in Graeco-Roman metaphors / by Cilliers Breytenbach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Breytenbach, Cilliers, 1954-

Series:

Supplements to Novum Testamentum ; v. 135.

Supplements to Novum Testamentum, 0167-9732 ; v. 135

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metaphor--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Metaphor.

Civilization, Greco-Roman.

Bible. Epistles of Paul--Theology.

Bible.

Jesus Christ--Crucifixion.

Jesus Christ.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (366 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Death of Christ in Graeco-Roman metaphors

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How did the first Christians interpret the death of Christ? The answer lies within the earliest Christian documents, primarily within the Pauline letters. Before the users of a modern language could hope to come near an adequate description of what was expressed in these Greek texts of the first Christians, they have to deconstruct layers of later dogmatic interpretation. They need to keep to descriptive terminology reflecting the Greek of the sources and to trace the origin of the metaphoric language early Christians like Paul used. This volume sets out to construct some of the Jewish and Greco-Roman patterns of thought which were initially utilised to express the meaning of the death of Christ.

Contents:

Pre-Pauline and Pauline interpretation of Christ's death

God's grace, reconciliation, triumph and salvation in Paul's Letters

Post-Pauline salvation

Paulus Africanus.

Notes:

Collection of previously published essays, with revisions.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-11965-X

9786613119650

90-04-18804-5

OCLC:

730501993

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004186088.i-368 DOI