Becoming god: Interpreting Pauline soteriology as deification

In the past five decades, the doctrine of deification has experienced a renaissance within the Protestant West. While biblical scholars have exhibited greater reticence to ascribe explicitly deiform intentions to Scripture than their theologian counterparts, this article traces the recent emergence...

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Main Author: Reardon, Michael M. C. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2023
In: Currents in biblical research
Year: 2023, Volume: 22, Issue: 1, Pages: 83-107
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Paul Apostle / Pauline letters / Deification / Soteriology / Redemption / Jesus Christus / Participation / Combination
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
NBK Soteriology
Further subjects:B Deification
B Participation
B Salvation
B Pauline Theology
B union with Christ
B Soteriology
B Theosis
B participation in Christ
B Paul
B Union
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Summary:In the past five decades, the doctrine of deification has experienced a renaissance within the Protestant West. While biblical scholars have exhibited greater reticence to ascribe explicitly deiform intentions to Scripture than their theologian counterparts, this article traces the recent emergence of interest in interpreting Pauline soteriology as deification. Intriguingly, scholars within this burgeoning line of inquiry of scholarship represent a host of interpretative schools (e.g. apocalyptic, new perspective on Paul) and methodological approaches (exegetical, history-of-religion, reception history, theological interpretation), yet nevertheless affirm broadly similar portrayals of the deiform contours and content of Paul’s doctrine of salvation.
ISSN:1745-5200
Contains:Enthalten in: Currents in biblical research
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/1476993X231202041