Being 'in Christ' in the Letters of Paul: Saved Through Christ and in His Hands
- Submitting institution
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University of Oxford
- Unit of assessment
- 29 - Classics
- Output identifier
- 15162
- Type
- A - Authored book
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- Publisher
- Mohr Siebeck
- ISBN
- 978-3-16-159885-2
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- November
- Year of publication
- 2020
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Double-weighted statement
- This multi-disciplinary book combines Greek philology, philosophy and ancient history with biblical criticism to offer a radically new interpretation of the central but notoriously obscure phrase en Christ? in Paul. It shows that the concept of 'participation in Christ' which dominates modern interpretation is linguistically ill-founded, anachronistic and incoherent, arguing instead that Paul uses the phrase to describe and connect what God has done 'through' Christ and how Christians now live 'in Christ's hands'. This interpretation reshapes our understanding of Paul's, and much later Christian thought, including about Christ's nature and work, human freedom and responsibility, and the present time.
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- Non-English
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