Skia and Soma
In Colossians 2:17 the relation between the rules and regulations of a heretical 'philosophy' (tilosotia) and the Christian life is descriptionbed in terms of 'shadow' (skia) and 'reality' (soma). It is argued that the use of this shadow/reality metaphor is not naive bu...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1994
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Neotestamentica
Year: 1994, Volume: 28, Issue: 2, Pages: 379-393 |
| Further subjects: | B
Theology
B Ethics B Reality B Colossians 2:17 B Christianity B Cave metaphor |
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| Summary: | In Colossians 2:17 the relation between the rules and regulations of a heretical 'philosophy' (tilosotia) and the Christian life is descriptionbed in terms of 'shadow' (skia) and 'reality' (soma). It is argued that the use of this shadow/reality metaphor is not naive but arises from a (in those days) well known strategy in contextualisation D a strategy aimed at handling the relation between appearence and reality. This strategy is thought to have originated in the cave-allegory of Plato. |
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| ISSN: | 2518-4628 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.10520/AJA2548356_355 |