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Author Seeley, David, 1956-

Title The noble death : Graeco-Roman martyrology and Paul's concept of salvation / David Seeley.

Publication Info. Sheffield, England : JSOT Press, [1990]
©1990

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Description 1 online resource (170 pages).
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Series Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 28
Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 28.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-164) and indexes.
Summary For Paul, Jesus' death is vicarious. But in what way, precisely? The author critically reviews the various possibilities, offering evidence that in Paul's thought Jesus is understood as fulfilling a martyr's role rather than as a cultic sacrifice or as patterned after biblical models such as the Suffering Servant or the Isaac figure. The essential aspects of the concept of the Noble Death, found in the martyr stories of 2 and 4 Maccabees and in Graeco-Roman literature, are clearly discernible also in Paul's interpretation of the death of Jesus. Paul was very much a man of his time, and the con.
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Contents Cover; Editorial Board; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 AUL''S DOCTRINE OF SALVATION AND THE TEMPLE CULTUS; Chapter 2 PAUL''S DOCTRINE OF SALVATION AND THE SUFFERING SERVANT; Chapter 3 PAUL''S DOCTRINE OF SALVATION AND THE BINDING OF ISAAC (GENESIS 22); Chapter 4 PAUL''S DOCTRINE OF SALVATION AND THE MYSTERY RELIGIONS (ATTIS, ADONIS, ISIS, OSIRIS, ELEUSIS); Chapter 5 PAUL''S DOCTRINE OF SALVATION AND THE CONCEPT OF THE NOBLE DEATH; Chapter 6 THE GRECO-ROMAN CONTEXT OF PAUL''S DOCTRINE OF SALVATION; Conclusion; Bibliography.
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Subject Bible. Epistles of Paul.
Bible. Épîtres de Paul -- Critique, interprétation, etc.
Paulus (Apostel)
Salvation.
Salvation.
Indexed Term Bible N.T Epistles of Paul Special subjects: Death
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Seeley, David. Noble death. Sheffield, England : JSOT Press, ©1990 1850751854 (OCoLC)20562431
ISBN 9780567117991 (electronic book)
0567117995 (electronic book)
1850751854
9781850751854