The politics of inheritance in Romans
Mark Forman explores the extent to which Paul's concept of 'inheritance' in Romans, and its associated imagery, logic and arguments, served to evoke socio-political expectations that were different to those which prevailed in contemporary Roman imperial discourse. Forman explores how...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2011
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| Series: | Society for New Testament Studies monograph series
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| Collection: | Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : the politics of inheritance?
- Some features of Greco-Roman society in the symbols, ritual and literature of Paul's time
- Promising the world : inheritance in Romans 4:13-25
- Suffering "conquerors" : inheritance in Romans 8:17-39
- "Riches for the world" : inheritance in Romans 11:1
- "Lords" over all the world : the language of inheritance in Galatians
- Inheritance in 1 Corinthians and Colossians
- Conclusions