The Politics of Inheritance in Romans

by Mark Forman

• ISBN13: 9780521769099
• ISBN10: 0521769094
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-05-30
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Mark Forman explores the extent to which Paul's concept of 'inheritance' in Romans, and its associated imagery, logic and arguments, served to evoke socio-political expectations that were different to those which prevailed in contemporary Roman imperial discourse. Forman explores how Paul deploys the idea of inheritance in Romans and analyses the sources which inform and overlap with this concept. Coins, literature and architecture are all examined in order to understand the purpose, hopes and expectations of first-century society. This book contributes to recent studies covering Paul and politics by arguing that Paul's concept of inheritance subverts and challenges first-century Roman ideologies.

Author Biography

Mark Forman explores the extent to which Paul's concept of "inheritance" in Romans, and its associated imagery, logic, and arguments, served to evoke socio-political expectations that were different to those which prevailed in contemporary Roman imperial discourse. Forman explores how Paul deploys the idea of inheritance in Romans and analyzes the sources which inform and overlap with this concept. Coins, literature, and architecture are all examined in order to understand the purpose, hopes, and expectations of first-century society. This book contributes to recent studies covering Paul and politics by arguing that Paul's concept of inheritance subverts and challenges first-century Roman ideologies.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
List of abbreviations	p. xii
Introduction: the politics of inheritance?	p. 1
Some features of Greco-Roman society in the symbols, ritual and literature of Paul's time	p. 20
Promising the world: inheritance in Romans 4:13-25	p. 58
Suffering "conquerors": inheritance in Romans 8:17-39	p. 102
"Riches for the world": inheritance in Romans 11:1	p. 136
"Lords" over all the world: the language of inheritance in Galatians	p. 172
Inheritance in 1 Corinthians and Colossians	p. 207
Conclusions	p. 229
Bibliography	p. 244
Index	p. 265
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