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Paul on the Human Vocation - Reason Language in Romans and Ancient Philosophical Tradition (Hardcover)
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Paul on the Human Vocation - Reason Language in Romans and Ancient Philosophical Tradition (Hardcover)
Series: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft
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Paul's use of in Rom 12.1 has long fascinated and puzzled
interpreters. This study proposes a new explanation of Paul's
reason language in Rom 12.1 based on a detailed investigation of
ancient philosophical texts on the role of human beings in the
cosmos, in which reason language and the idea of a vocation of
human beings are closely connected. It argues that Paul here
appeals to the idea of a human vocation in order to claim that
Christ-followers are able to fulfil their human vocation by living
in such a way that their lives produce signs of the new creation
inaugurated in Christ. This case is made by establishing the
central role of reason in ancient discourse on what it means to be
human more broadly, and in particular in Epictetus, who provides
the clearest parallel for Romans. These contextualisations allow
for a fresh reading of Paul's argument in Romans, where the
relevance of these traditions is shown, not least for how Rom
12.1-2 frames Rom 12-15. The study thus contributes to the recent
scholarly trend of exploring Paul in ancient philosophical contexts
and advances the discussion on the integration of Paul's "theology"
and "ethics" within an ancient cultural encyclopedia.
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