The significance of clothing imagery in the Pauline Corpus / Jung Hoon Kim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kim, Chŏng-hun, 1939- author.

Series:

Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 268.

Library of New Testament Studies ; 268.

Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 268

Library of New Testament Studies ; 268

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biblical costume--Symbolic aspects.

Biblical costume.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : T&T Clark International, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"There are references to clothing throughout Paul's letters, and the metaphor constitutes a significant aspect of his theology. The imagery appears several times in his letters: clothing with Christ (Gal 3:27; Rom 13:14), clothing with the new man (Col 3:9-10; Eph 4:22-24), and clothing with the resurrection body (1 Cor 15:49, 50-54; 2Cor 5:1-4). In order to understand the background to this use of the clothing metaphor, Jung Hoon Kim examines similar imagery in the Old Testament, 1 and 2 Enoch, the Apocalypse of Moses, Philo, rabbinic literature, Joseph and Aseneth, the Hymn of the Pearl, and Apuleius's Metamorphoses. He also discusses the Roman custom of clothing and the baptismal praxis of the ancient church. Kim concludes that Paul's metaphor suggests the life and glory of the image of God, which were lost by Adam, have been restored by baptism in Christ, and will go on to be consummated at the parousia."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

pt. 1. Clothing imagery in its history-of-religious background

pt. II. The clothing imagery in the Pauline Corpus.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliography: (pages [234]-250) and index.

ISBN:

9786613197658

9780567661296

0567661296

9781283197656

1283197650

9780567419880

0567419886

OCLC:

741691766