Returning to the stoicheia tou kosmou: Enslavement to the Physical Elements in Galatians 4.3 and 9?
Does Paul's use of the phrase stoicheia tu kosmu in Gal. 4 necessarily refer to the physical elements of the ancient world? Challenging the current consensus attributed to Blinzler (1963: 429-43), Schweizer (1988: 455-68) and Rusam (1992: 119-25), this study analyses not only the limited corpus...
| Published in: | Journal for the study of the New Testament |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2018]
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Journal for the study of the New Testament
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Galaterbrief 4,3
/ Bible. Galaterbrief 4,9
/ Greek language
/ Noun
/ stoicheion
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
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B Galatians B Rusam B Bible. Galatians B stoicheia B Cosmology B LOVE of God B Paul, The Apostle, Saint B Blinzler B Swiss B Elements B Paul |
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| Summary: | Does Paul's use of the phrase stoicheia tu kosmu in Gal. 4 necessarily refer to the physical elements of the ancient world? Challenging the current consensus attributed to Blinzler (1963: 429-43), Schweizer (1988: 455-68) and Rusam (1992: 119-25), this study analyses not only the limited corpus of texts on which their conclusions were based, but also a new corpus comprising every occurrence of stoicheion in the first centuries bce and ce. It concludes that the meaning of stoicheion is highly dependent on the literary context in which it is situated and that, in Galatians, stoicheia tu kosmu refers to the fundamental components of pre-Christian living. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5294 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the New Testament
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0142064X18769794 |