The Gospel of God
Romans as Paul's Aeneid
When Paul pens his letter to the Roman believers, he writes as a missionary to strengthen a church at the center of imperial power, choosing language that is familiar to his recipients. Paul responds not only to the influence of Judaism but also to the wider culture by contrasting prominent Roman values. David Wallace argues that Paul's gospel in Romans rejects and countervails the significant themes of Virgil's Aeneid, the most well-known prophetic source that both proclaimed Roman ideology and assured Roman salvation. After demonstrating that a close but nonauthoritarian relationship existed between Augustus and Virgil, Wallace examines rel…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-63087-924-2
- EAN: 9781630879242
- Produktnummer: 30239289
- Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 244 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 1'464 KB
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David R. Wallace teaches Greek, and New Testament at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, TX.
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