While scholars have often found value in comparing Wisdom and
Romans, a comparison of the use of personification in these works
has not yet been made, despite the striking parallels between them.
Furthermore, while scholars have studied many of these
personifications in detail, no one has investigated an individual
personification with respect to the general use of the trope in the
work. Instead, most of this research focuses on a personification
in relation to its nature as either a rhetorical device or a
supernatural power. The "Powers" of Personification seeks to push
beyond this debate by evaluating the evidence in a different light
- that of its purpose within the overall use of personification in
the respective work and in comparison with another piece of
contemporaneous theological literature. This book proposes that the
authors of Wisdom and Romans employ personification to distance God
from the origin of evil, to deflect attention away from the problem
of righteous suffering to the positive sides of the experience, or
to defer the solution for the suffering of the righteous to the
future.
General
Imprint: |
De Gruyter
|
Country of origin: |
Germany |
Series: |
Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft |
Release date: |
December 2008 |
First published: |
2008 |
Authors: |
Joseph R. Dodson
|
Dimensions: |
230 x 155 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
276 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-11-020976-1 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
3-11-020976-4 |
Barcode: |
9783110209761 |
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