Pney͂ma, Genealogical Descent and Things That Do Not Exist according to Paul

Πνɛῦμα, Genealogical Descent and Things That Do Not Exist according to Paul

Several recent studies have proposed that according to Paul gentiles join Abraham's lineage in a quasi-physiological way by being infused with material πνɛῦμα. This article assesses that proposal, finding it to be an inaccurate description of Paul's language and rationale, and sets forth a...

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Main Author: Hewitt, J. Thomas (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2022
In: New Testament studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 68, Issue: 3, Pages: 239-252
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Paul Apostle / Primitive Christianity / Descent / Ethnicity / pneuma (Word) / Pneuma / Baptism / Resurrection / Being in Christ
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
Further subjects:B Baptism
B Ethnicity
B Resurrection
B material pneuma
B Messiah
B Paul
B ‘in Christ’
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Summary:Several recent studies have proposed that according to Paul gentiles join Abraham's lineage in a quasi-physiological way by being infused with material πνɛῦμα. This article assesses that proposal, finding it to be an inaccurate description of Paul's language and rationale, and sets forth an alternative proposal based on Romans 4 and Paul's descriptions of baptism. This alternative proposal is that Paul understood the forging of an Abrahamic and divine pedigree for gentiles to be a divine act of creation from nothing, that is concomitant with believers’ proleptic death and resurrection in solidarity with the messiah.
ISSN:1469-8145
Contains:Enthalten in: New Testament studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0028688521000291