Romans 8 - Interchange Leading to Deification
In this article, I argue that the notion of “participation” often used to describe Paul’s soteriology in Romans entails a form of deification. In chapter 8 Paul develops this notion through the use of an interchange dynamic whereby believers are given a share in righteousness, sonship, glory, immort...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2017
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Horizons in biblical theology
Year: 2017, Volume: 39, Issue: 2, Pages: 156-175 |
Further subjects: | B
Deification
theosis
Romans
participation
interchange
anthropology
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Volltext (Verlag) |
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Summary: | In this article, I argue that the notion of “participation” often used to describe Paul’s soteriology in Romans entails a form of deification. In chapter 8 Paul develops this notion through the use of an interchange dynamic whereby believers are given a share in righteousness, sonship, glory, immortality, power over evil and love. Justification and participation both have their natural goal in being united with God in love (Rom 8:37-39). In a concluding hymn Paul uses a non-propositional description of a love which comes to humans from the outside of creation. This concluding metaphor ties together the other ones in a non-representational image of God as a person. God stretches into creation and makes humans capax dei, able to receive. This image of deification enables Paul to construct a story of interpersonal interactions of love, and results in an irreducible and apophatic anthropology. |
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ISSN: | 1871-2207 |
Contains: | In: Horizons in biblical theology
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18712207-12341352 |