Christ the ideal king
Cultural Context, Rhetorical Strategy, and the Power of Divine Monarchy in Ephesians
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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.
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Christ the ideal king, Julien Smith
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- 2011
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- Titul
- Christ the ideal king
- Podtitul
- Cultural Context, Rhetorical Strategy, and the Power of Divine Monarchy in Ephesians
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autori
- Julien Smith
- Vydavateľ
- Mohr Siebeck
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- 2011
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- 3161509749
- ISBN13
- 9783161509742
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- Skriptá a vysokoškolské učebnice
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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.