Disjunction in Paul: Apocalyptic or Christomorphic? Comparing the Apocalypse of Weeks with Galatians

This article compares the Apocalypse of Weeks with Galatians to examine whether the motif of creatio e contrario is apocalyptic. While reviewing the themes of revelation, salvation and eschatology in each text, it argues that creatio e contrario is absent from and theologically foreign to the Apocal...

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Published in:New Testament studies
Main Author: Williams, Logan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2018]
In: New Testament studies
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Galatians / Zehnwochenapokalypse / Creation / Contrast / Disjunction (Logic) (Logic)
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
HD Early Judaism
NBC Doctrine of God
NBD Doctrine of Creation
Further subjects:B Apocalyptic
B Galatians
B disjunction
B Apocalypse of Weeks
B creatio e contrario
B Enoch
B Paul
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Summary:This article compares the Apocalypse of Weeks with Galatians to examine whether the motif of creatio e contrario is apocalyptic. While reviewing the themes of revelation, salvation and eschatology in each text, it argues that creatio e contrario is absent from and theologically foreign to the Apocalypse; by contrast, this motif permeates Galatians, not because Paul retrieves it from the apocalypses but because for him the divine economy is shaped by the disjunctive, e contrario history of the crucified and risen Christ. Thus, creatio e contrario should be classified not as apocalyptic but as christomorphic.
ISSN:1469-8145
Contains:Enthalten in: New Testament studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0028688517000170