Grace, reconciliation, concord : the death of Christ in Graeco-Roman metaphors /

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Author / Creator:Breytenbach, Cilliers, 1954-
Imprint:Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Description:1 online resource (xiv, 368 pages)
Language:English
German
Series:Supplements to Novum Testamentum ; v. 135
Supplements to Novum Testamentum ; v. 135.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11257401
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Varying Form of Title:Death of Christ in Graeco-Roman metaphors
ISBN:9789004188044
9004188045
9789004186088
9004186085
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
In English, with seven contributions in German.
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Summary:How did the first Christians interpret the death of Christ? The answer lies within the earliest Christian documents, primarily within the Pauline letters. Before the users of a modern language could hope to come near an adequate description of what was expressed in these Greek texts of the first Christians, they have to deconstruct layers of later dogmatic interpretation. They need to keep to descriptive terminology reflecting the Greek of the sources and to trace the origin of the metaphoric language early Christians like Paul used. This volume sets out to construct some of the Jewish and Gre.
Other form:Print version: Breytenbach, Cilliers, 1954- Grace, reconciliation, concord. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010 9789004186088
Standard no.:10.1163/ej.9789004186088.i-368