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God as Father in Paul: Kinship Language and Identity Formation in Early Christianity - Couverture souple

Mengestu, Abera M.

 
9781620321935: God as Father in Paul: Kinship Language and Identity Formation in Early Christianity
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1620321939 ISBN 13 : 9781620321935
Editeur : Pickwick Publications, 2013

Synopsis

God as Father in Paul explores Paul's use of the kinship term "Father" to refer to God, along with related familial terms ("children" of God and Christ-followers as "brothers and sisters"), as part of a study of the use of kinship language in the identity formation of early Christianity. Mengestu argues that these kinship terms are shared modes of identity constructions within the wider textual and cultural settings (the Roman Empire, the Roman Stoic philosophers, the Hebrew Bible, and ancient Jewish literature) from which Paul draws on as well as contests. Employing theoretical (kinship and social identity theory) as well as interpretative approaches (imperial critical and narrative approaches to Paul), he contends that Paul uses God as Father consistently, strategically, and purposefully, in both stable and crisis situations, to develop a narrative, orienting framework(s) that images the community of Christ-followers as a family that belongs to God, who, together with the Lord Jesus Christ, bestows on them equal but diverse membership in the family. The narrative so constructed forms the foundation for referring to Christ-followers as "children of God" and "brothers and sisters" of one another. It constructs boundaries and serves as nexus of transformation and negotiation.

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À propos de l'auteur

Abera M. Mengestu received his PhD in New Testament and Early Christianity from Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University. He was Associate Academic Dean at Evangelical Theological College in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and taught biblical studies from 1998 to 2001.

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Éditeur
Pickwick Publications
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1620321939
ISBN 13 
9781620321935
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
262
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
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