Narrative apocalyptic in Ephesians
Two, mutually exclusive ways to read Paul now dominate. One school of thought construes Paul as a covenant theologian who is gripped by a singular narrative about the Israel and Jesus. The other school of thought sees Paul as an apocalyptic theologian who focuses on God's dramatic intrusion i...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2017]
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Perspectives in religious studies
Year: 2017, Volume: 44, Issue: 3, Pages: 323-337 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ephesians
/ Apocalypticism
/ Narrativity
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament NBQ Eschatology |
| Summary: | Two, mutually exclusive ways to read Paul now dominate. One school of thought construes Paul as a covenant theologian who is gripped by a singular narrative about the Israel and Jesus. The other school of thought sees Paul as an apocalyptic theologian who focuses on God's dramatic intrusion into and disruption of the cosmos in Jesus. The former privileges continuity, while the latter emphasizes discontinuity. This article uses Ephesians as a sounding board for how Paul was first received. The article discovers the presence of both apocalyptic and narrative in Ephesians. Both apocalyptic and narrative fund the theological, scriptural, symbolic, and rhetorical world of Ephesians. But the article also retraces the ways that Ephesians consciously uses apocalyptic to interpret, reframe and restage covenant. Ephesians does so, particularly, by employing non-Biblical cosmic myths about a primal, cosmic Anthropos. Finally, the article explores how Ephesians can conjoin both narrative and apocalyptic in its theological enterprise. Ephesians capitalizes on the implications inherent in the enchained symbols of cross and resurrection one narrative, one apocalyptic to describe God's purposes for Jesus, the Church, and the World |
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| ISSN: | 0093-531X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Perspectives in religious studies
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