Christ the Ideal King (eBook)

Cultural Context, Rhetorical Strategy, and the Power of Divine Monarchy in Ephesians

Julien Smith (Autor)

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2011 | 1. Auflage
326 Seiten
Mohr Siebeck (Verlag)
978-3-16-151812-6 (ISBN)

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A central rhetorical strategy of Ephesians involves the portrayal of Christ as an ideal king who reunites a fractured cosmos and humanity through his reign. In this comprehensive study, Julien Smith shows how this literary characterization unifies the letter's major themes: reconciling humanity with God, uniting Jew and gentile, establishing ecclesiastical harmony, and defeating hostile powers arrayed against the church. The author grounds his analysis in a thorough account of the kingly ideal's powerful contemporary cultural resonance, which was rooted in the widespread yearning within both Greco-Roman and Jewish thought for a golden age inaugurated by a divinely ordained monarch. For Ephesians' author and audience, only Christ the ideal king has power to form identity and transform behavior.

Born 1971; 2003 MAT, Fuller Theological Seminary; 2010 PhD, Baylor University; since 2010 Assistant Professor of Humanities and Theology at Christ College, Valparaiso University (USA).

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.11.2011
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
• ISBN-10: 3-16-151812-8 / 3161518128
• ISBN-13: 978-3-16-151812-6 / 9783161518126