The politics of inheritance? : the language of inheritance in Romans within its first-century Greco-Roman Imperial context

Bible;New Testament;Romans;theology;language;style;Epistles of Paul;emperor worship;Rome;legitimacy of governments

Forman, Mark ; Marshall, Chris ; Trebilco, Paul

University of Otago

关键词: Bible;    New Testament;    Romans;    theology;    language;    style;    Epistles of Paul;    emperor worship;    Rome;    legitimacy of governments;   

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来源: Otago University Research Archive

【 摘 要 】

This thesis is an exploration of the extent to which Paul;;s terminology of Inheritance (κληρονόμος) in Romans, and its associated imagery, logic and arguments, functioned to evoke socio-political expectations that were alternative to those which prevailed in contemporary Roman imperial discourse. There are two parts to this study. The first is to take seriously the context of Empire and the claims being made by the Roman Empire in the first century. In particular, what were some of the messages conveyed by the Roman Empire with regard to the structure and purpose, the hopes and expectations, of first-century society? The Christians in Rome were daily exposed to the images and message of Caesar and his successors and there is therefore a need to consider how Paul;;s language of Inheritance would have sounded within this environment. Second, this study gives attention to the content of Paul;;s use of the word