Son of God in the Roman World : Divine Sonship in Its Social and Political Context

English

ISBN: 0199933650

EAN: 9780199933655

Category: Religion / Christian Theology / Anthropology/Religion / Christian Theology / General/Family & Relationships / Adoption & Fostering/Religion / Christian Theology / Christology/

Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated

Release Date: 09/30/2012

Synopsis: Michael Peppard examines the social and political meaning of divine sonship in the Roman Empire. He begins by analyzing the conceptual framework within which the term son of God has traditionally been considered in biblical scholarship. Then, through engagement with recent scholarship in Roman history - including studies of family relationships, imperial ideology, and emperor worship - he offers new ways of interpreting the Christian theological metaphors of begottenand adoptive sonship. Peppard focuses on social practices and political ideology, revealing that scholarship on divine sonship has been especially hampered by mistaken assumptions about adopted sons. He invites fresh readings of several early Christian texts, from the first Gospel to writings of the fourth century. By re-interpreting several ancient phenomena - particularly divine status, adoption, and baptism - he offers an imaginative refiguring of the Son of God in the Roman world.

Son of God in the Roman World : Divine Sonship in Its Social and Political Context

Illustrated: No

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.67 inches

Width: 6.19 inches

Length: 9.04 inches

Weight: 15.17 oz

Pages: 304