Is Freedom an Existential Category in Ancient Discourse?

In much of the Christian exegetical tradition, freedom, ἐλευθερία, is considered an existential state. Hans Dieter Betz, for instance, assessed freedom as the "central theological concept which sums up the Christian's situation before God as well as in this world" (1979: 255). Yet in...

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Main Author: Livesey, Nina E. 1953- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: Biblical interpretation
Year: 2019, Volume: 27, Issue: 2, Pages: 274-297
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Freedom / Classical antiquity / Bible. Galaterbrief 5,1 / Rhetoric / Metaphor / Slavery
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
HD Early Judaism
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
NCC Social ethics
TB Antiquity
ZB Sociology
Further subjects:B Slavery
B Galatians
B Rhetoric
B Freedom
B Metaphor
B New Testament
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