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- Title
A socio-historical study of the adoption imagery in Galatians.
- Authors
Chih Wei Chang
- Abstract
This study investigated how Paul's Jewish background, including some elements of pre-rabbinical Jewish literature, influenced the letter to the Galatians with regard to the concept of adoption (...) (Gl 4:1-7). As Paul was writing to a Gentile audience, wanting to persuade them to return to the true gospel, metaphors of adoption, embedded in the understanding of the Graeco-Roman household, became effective communication bridges to reach his audience. Within this framework, Israel's God was depicted as the caring father of the household, who through his son Jesus Christ redeems all human beings from the status of slaves to that of children with full rights of inheritance.
- Subjects
GOD; JEWISH literature; GALATIANS; HOUSEHOLDS; JESUS Christ
- Publication
Hervormde Teologiese Studies, 2021, Vol 77, Issue 4, p1
- ISSN
0259-9422
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4102/hts.v77i4.6292