Pney͂ma, Genealogical Descent and Things That Do Not Exist according to Paul
Πνɛῦμα, Genealogical Descent and Things That Do Not Exist according to Paul
Several recent studies have proposed that according to Paul gentiles join Abraham's lineage in a quasi-physiological way by being infused with material πνɛῦμα. This article assesses that proposal, finding it to be an inaccurate description of Paul's language and rationale, and sets forth a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2022
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New Testament studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 68, Issue: 3, Pages: 239-252 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Paul Apostle
/ Primitive Christianity
/ Descent
/ Ethnicity
/ pneuma (Word)
/ Pneuma
/ Baptism
/ Resurrection
/ Being in Christ
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Baptism
B Ethnicity B Resurrection B material pneuma B Messiah B Paul B ‘in Christ’ |
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| Summary: | Several recent studies have proposed that according to Paul gentiles join Abraham's lineage in a quasi-physiological way by being infused with material πνɛῦμα. This article assesses that proposal, finding it to be an inaccurate description of Paul's language and rationale, and sets forth an alternative proposal based on Romans 4 and Paul's descriptions of baptism. This alternative proposal is that Paul understood the forging of an Abrahamic and divine pedigree for gentiles to be a divine act of creation from nothing, that is concomitant with believers’ proleptic death and resurrection in solidarity with the messiah. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-8145 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: New Testament studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0028688521000291 |