Putting Family Language Back into the Family of God
Siblingship is a common metaphor Paul uses in describing the family of God. As twenty-first-century readers of the NT, it is hard for us to understand firstcentury ideas. This paper investigates (1) the first-century Greco-Roman concept of siblings in actual families, (2) the ideal roles siblings sh...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
2008
|
| In: |
Stone-Campbell journal
Year: 2008, Volume: 11, Issue: 1, Pages: 83-93 |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
|
| Summary: | Siblingship is a common metaphor Paul uses in describing the family of God. As twenty-first-century readers of the NT, it is hard for us to understand firstcentury ideas. This paper investigates (1) the first-century Greco-Roman concept of siblings in actual families, (2) the ideal roles siblings should fulfill toward one another within Plutarchs treatise, Peri; Filadelfiva (Peri Philadelphia, Concerning Brotherly Love), and (3) Pauls use of the Greco- Roman concept of siblingship within his writings, specifically 1 Thessalonians and Romans. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 1097-6566 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Stone-Campbell journal
|
