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dc.contributor.advisor | Westerholm, Stephen R. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wohlgemut, Joel R. Pauls | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-08-26T16:35:33Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-08-26T16:35:33Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 1996-09 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/15823 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This thesis examines the metaphorical appropriation of the symbol of circumcision in the Pauline corpus. It begins by suxveying the references to circumcision (both literal and metaphorical) in the Jewish literature of the Second Temple period, and by summarising Paul's treatment of the subject of physical circumcision. A detailed examination of the circumcision metaphors in three specific texts (Rom 2:25-29, Phil 3:3, and Col 2: 11-12) follows. One theme which unites all three passages is the recognition of circumcision's ongoing significance in some form. Nevertheless, the three texts employ the image of circumcision in different ways. Rom 2:25-29 draws on material from the LXX to redraw the covenantal boundaries which define the people of God. Phil 3:3 appears to brandish the symbol polemically, countering those who would insist on the necessity of physical circumcision, but likely operates within the same Pauline framework found in Romans. Col 2: 11-12 parallels Philo by showing very little interest in the connection between circumcision and covenant, and exploiting the more manifest implications of the circumcision ritual; this suggests that Colossians manifests either a different aspect of Paul's thought or the perspective of another writer. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.subject | Metaphor | en_US |
dc.subject | Pauline Perspective | en_US |
dc.title | Circumcision as Metaphor in Pauline Perspective | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Religious Studies | en_US |
dc.description.degreetype | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.degree | Master of Arts (MA) | en_US |
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