Foundational convictions, ethical instruction and theologising in Paul
Recent studies have demonstrated an appreciation of Paul's appropriation and adaptation of popular moral traditions and have addressed the question of influence by exploring the subtle and nuanced contours of the apostle's moral teaching. This study shows (1) how a venerable Jewish symbol...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| Verificar disponibilidad: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Publicado: |
1995
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| En: |
Neotestamentica
Año: 1995, Volumen: 29, Número: 2, Páginas: 231-252 |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Theology
B Ethics B Christianity B Election B Paul |
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| Sumario: | Recent studies have demonstrated an appreciation of Paul's appropriation and adaptation of popular moral traditions and have addressed the question of influence by exploring the subtle and nuanced contours of the apostle's moral teaching. This study shows (1) how a venerable Jewish symbol (election) provides the convictional framework within which appropriate behaviour is defined, (2) how Paul adapts a common Hellenistic philosophical topos (the Greco-Roman eudaimonists' distinction between important matters and irrelevant ones : the adiaphora - for use in a different symbolic universe, and (3) how the apostle uses the diverse traditions he inherits as words targeted for different exigencies. |
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| ISSN: | 2518-4628 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.10520/AJA2548356_377 |