Publication

2012 - Oxford University Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

72,250 words, Guess

Page Count

289 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC231/.209015
  • LCCBT198 .P467 2012

Description

Michael Peppard examines the social and political meaning of divine sonship in the Roman Empire. He begins by analyzing the conceptual framework within which the term 'son of God' has traditionally been considered in biblical scholarship. Then, through engagement with recent scholarship in Roman history - including studies of family relationships, imperial ideology, and emperor worship - he offers new ways of interpreting the Christian theological metaphors of 'begotten' and 'adoptive' sonship.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The Son of God in the roman world: divine sonship in its social and political contextOxford University Press2012-01-01

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