Dynamis eis Soterian: Investigating the Semantic Background of a New Testament Syntagma

This study shows that the syntagma δύναµις εἰς σωτηρίαν was widely used in ancient Greek literature of the Classical, Hellenistic, and Greco-Roman periods. A semantic context analysis reveals that "danger" is the common intersection of all contexts in which the syntagma δύναµις εἰς σωτηρία...

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Main Author: Hauck, Marion 1984- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: Novum Testamentum
Year: 2019, Volume: 61, Issue: 3, Pages: 227-252
Further subjects:B Context
B Justice
B power to save
B weapon
B Apostle Paul
B Danger
B means of salvation
B (bribe) money
B syntagma δύναµις εἰς σωτηρίαν
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Summary:This study shows that the syntagma δύναµις εἰς σωτηρίαν was widely used in ancient Greek literature of the Classical, Hellenistic, and Greco-Roman periods. A semantic context analysis reveals that "danger" is the common intersection of all contexts in which the syntagma δύναµις εἰς σωτηρίαν occurs. In a modified way it also appears in texts of the New Testament (Rom 1:16; 1 Pet 1:5): By using δύναµις (θεοῦ) εἰς σωτηρίαν in a context focused on danger, Paul (as well as the author of 1 Peter) indicates that his use of the syntagma is consistent with the pagan, non-biblical use of δύναµις εἰς σωτηρίαν.
ISSN:1568-5365
Contains:Enthalten in: Novum Testamentum
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685365-12341636