Repentance in Paul’s Letters
Paul rarely uses the terms µετάνοια / µετανοεῖν (“repentance” / “repent”), but word statistics should not be accorded too much weight. Besides using these terms to describe the process of returning to God by regretting one’s transgressions, Paul uses other terms and phrases in order to express the n...
| Published in: | Novum Testamentum |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2015
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Novum Testamentum
Year: 2015, Volume: 57, Issue: 2, Pages: 159-186 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Pauline letters
/ Metanoia
/ Repentance
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| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Paul
repentance
metanoia
penitence
missionary preaching
theology
church
paraenesis
sin
ethics
rhetorical questions
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| Summary: | Paul rarely uses the terms µετάνοια / µετανοεῖν (“repentance” / “repent”), but word statistics should not be accorded too much weight. Besides using these terms to describe the process of returning to God by regretting one’s transgressions, Paul uses other terms and phrases in order to express the need to, and the reality of, changing mind and heart, outlook and behavior. It can be demonstrated that Paul knows the Jewish doctrine of repentance, that his missionary preaching calls for repentance, that his theological discourse presupposes repentance, that his rhetorical discourse in his letters includes the discourse of repentance, and that his ethical discourse entails exhortations to repentance. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5365 |
| Contains: | In: Novum Testamentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685365-12341484 |