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Paul's 'Spirit of Adoption' in its Roman Imperial Context
Language: en
Pages: 224
Authors: Robert Brian Lewis
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-01-28 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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Robert Lewis examines Paul's use of the phrase “Spirit of Adoption” in Romans 8:12-17 against the background of its Roman Imperial context in order to shed
Adoption in Galatians and Romans
Language: en
Pages: 391
Authors: Erin M. Heim
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-03-06 - Publisher: BRILL

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In a new study on the Pauline adoption metaphors, Erin Heim applies a wide array of contemporary theories of metaphor in a fresh exegesis of the four instances
Son of God
Language: en
Pages: 293
Authors: Garrick V. Allen
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-02-08 - Publisher: Penn State Press

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In antiquity, “son of god”—meaning a ruler designated by the gods to carry out their will—was a title used by the Roman emperor Augustus and his success
Reading Romans with Roman Eyes
Language: en
Pages: 481
Authors: James R. Harrison
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-06-22 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

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Paul’s letter to the Romans has a long history in Christian dogmatic battles. But how might the letter have been heard by an audience in Neronian Rome? James
The Divine-Human Relationship in Romans 1–8 in the Light of Interdependence Theory
Language: en
Pages: 209
Authors: Yoonjong Kim
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-11-12 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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Yoonjong Kim analyses the divine-human relationship in Paul's theology, focusing on Paul's portrayal of the relationship in Romans 1–8. Kim stresses that prev