Appearances Can Be Deceiving: Transformation and Identity in 2 Corinthians 11.13–15
In 2 Corinthians 11.13–15, Paul uses the verb μετασχηματίζω in the middle voice to claim that his opponents are, in the NRSV’s rendering, ‘disguising themselves as apostles of Christ’. Yet one could more literally translate the verb with ‘transform themselves’. Although either translation is defensi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
Journal for the study of the New Testament
Year: 2025, Volume: 47, Issue: 4, Pages: 714-734 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Corinthians 2. 11
/ Bible. Corinthians 2. 11,15
/ Bible. Corinthians 2. 3-4
/ Paul Apostle
/ Identity
/ Rhetoric
/ Remodelling
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity NBN Ecclesiology NCA Ethics ZB Sociology |
| Further subjects: | B
Apostle Paul
B positioning theory B positional identity B social-scientific methodology B Identity B Transformation (motif) |
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