Adoption in Galatians and Romans : contemporary metaphor theories and the Pauline huiothesia metaphors /

In a new study on the Pauline adoption metaphors, Erin Heim applies a wide array of contemporary theories of metaphor in a fresh exegesis of the four instances of adoption ( huiothesia ) metaphors in Galatians and Romans. Though many investigations into biblical metaphors treat only their historical...

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Other Authors: Heim, Erin M.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017.

Series: Biblical Interpretation Series 153.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2017, ISBN: 9789004327917.

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Call Number: BS2655.M47 A36 2017

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • A Working Theory of Metaphor
  • Metaphor: Perception, Emotion, Intimacy, and Identity Formation
  • Sketching the Model: The Background and Conventional Use of υἱοθεσία
  • We have Received the Adoption to Sonship: The υἱοθεσία Metaphor in Galatians 4:5
  • We Ourselves Groan Inwardly: The υἱοθεσία Metaphors in Romans 8:15 and 8:23
  • To Whom Belongs the Adoption: The υἱοθεσία Metaphor in Romans 9:4
  • Toward a Synthesis of the υἱοθεσία Metaphors
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Modern Authors
  • Index of Ancient Sources.