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Slavery Metaphors in Early Judaism & Pauline Christianity: A Traditio-Historical
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Slavery Metaphors in Early Judaism & Pauline Christianity: A Traditio-Historical & Exegetical Examination (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen Zum Neuen ... Untersuchungen Zum Neuen Testament 2.Reihe) Paperback - 2003

by Byron, John


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John Byron analyzes slavery metaphors in the Pauline Epistles by interpreting them from the background of Paul's Jewish heritage rather than Greco-Roman slavery. Slavery to God was a well-developed tradition in early Judaism which developed out of the Exodus event and continued to be reinterpreted throughout history. Jews identified themselves in contrast to non-Jews as slaves to God. In early Jewish literature one can detect a discussion surrounding what it meant to be a slave of God and how Jews should respond to episodes of enslavement under foreign oppressors. In this debate, the figure of Joseph became a paradigm of slavery to God and how Jews were to respond to slavery. Influenced by his Jewish heritage, Paul understands Christ as the paradigmatic slave of God. He interprets the movement from slavery to sin to slavery to God as a second Exodus: By being the obedient slave of Christ believers became the slaves of God.

Details

  • Title Slavery Metaphors in Early Judaism & Pauline Christianity: A Traditio-Historical & Exegetical Examination (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen Zum Neuen ... Untersuchungen Zum Neuen Testament 2.Reihe)
  • Author Byron, John
  • Binding Paperback
  • Publisher Coronet Books Inc.
  • Date 2003-10
  • ISBN 9783161480799
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Religious Orientation: Jewish

About the author

John Byron, Born 1967; 1997 MA in Biblical Studies from Regent University; 1997-98 studies at Jerusalem University college, Israel; 2002 PhD degree at the University of Durham; instructor of NT and Greek at Ashland Theological Seminary, Ohio.