From Slaves to Sons

A New Rhetoric Analysis on Paul’s Slave Metaphors in His Letter to the Galatians

von Sam Tsang

235 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Researchers on Greco-Roman slavery, formative Christianity, and New Testament theology will surely benefit from this groundbreaking book, a study of the Apostle Paul’s slave metaphors in Galatians using the New Rhetoric Model as the lens of analysis. From Roman slave laws in the first century C.E. to the text of Galatians, this book provides an excellent test case for all other studies of first-century metaphors, parables, analogies, and other related genres. Moreover, this book demonstrates explicitly, using examples and a clear step-by-step method to clarify the meanings behind Paul’s metaphors.

• Reihe: Studies in Biblical Literature
• Themen: Biographie, Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft Geschichte und Kritik Literaturwissenschaft, allgemein Antike, Klassik, Mittelalter
• ISBN: 9780820476360
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 06.04.2005
• Größe: 21 x 14.8 cm
• Verlag: Peter Lang Publishing Inc. New York