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Robert Lewis examines Paul's use of the phrase "Spirit of Adoption"
in Romans 8:12-17 against the background of its Roman Imperial
context in order to shed light on interpretation of Paul's Letter
to the Romans. Whereas other scholars have explored what Paul may
have meant when he uses the term "adoption" Lewis instead explores
the reasons behind Paul's coupling of it with the term "spirit".
Having examined theories for a possible Jewish antecedent for
Paul's use of this phrase, and found them less than persuasive,
Lewis unlocks the data within the term's Roman Imperial context
that significantly clarifies what Paul means when he uses the
phrase "Spirit of adoption". Lewis shows that when Paul wrote his
letter to the Romans, adoption had become a feature of Imperial
succession. Roman religion gave a great deal of prominence to the
Roman family spirit - the genius. The Emperor's genius became
identified as a deity in Roman religion and its veneration was
widespread in Rome as well as the provinces. When Romans 8.12-17 is
read against this background, a very different kind of exegetical
picture emerges.
Robert Lewis examines Paul's use of the phrase "Spirit of Adoption"
in Romans 8:12-17 against the background of its Roman Imperial
context in order to shed light on interpretation of Paul's Letter
to the Romans. Whereas other scholars have explored what Paul may
have meant when he uses the term "adoption" Lewis instead explores
the reasons behind Paul's coupling of it with the term "spirit".
Having examined theories for a possible Jewish antecedent for
Paul's use of this phrase, and found them less than persuasive,
Lewis unlocks the data within the term's Roman Imperial context
that significantly clarifies what Paul means when he uses the
phrase "Spirit of adoption". Lewis shows that when Paul wrote his
letter to the Romans, adoption had become a feature of Imperial
succession. Roman religion gave a great deal of prominence to the
Roman family spirit - the genius. The Emperor's genius became
identified as a deity in Roman religion and its veneration was
widespread in Rome as well as the provinces. When Romans 8.12-17 is
read against this background, a very different kind of exegetical
picture emerges.
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