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The 'Powers' of Personification

Rhetorical Purpose in the 'Book of Wisdom' and the Letter to the Romans

By: Joseph R. Dodson

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The 'Powers' of Personification

Rhetorical Purpose in the 'Book of Wisdom' and the Letter to the Romans

By: Joseph R. Dodson

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.

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Walter de Gruyter

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3110209772

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9783110209778

A Little Book for New Bible Scholars

By: E. Randolph Richards,Joseph R. Dodson

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A Little Book for New Bible Scholars

By: E. Randolph Richards,Joseph R. Dodson

Many young Bible scholars are passionate for the Scriptures. But is passion enough? Randolph Richards and Joseph Dodson encourage students of the Bible with wisdom from years of experience. Full of warmth, humor, and an infectious love for Scripture, this book invites a new generation of young scholars to dig into the complex, captivating world of the Bible.

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InterVarsity Press

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0830883053

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9780830883059

Conquerors Not Captives

Reframing Romans 7 for the Christian Life

By: Joseph R. Dodson

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Conquerors Not Captives

Reframing Romans 7 for the Christian Life

By: Joseph R. Dodson

Discover good news for the Christian life Understand how Christ has defeated sin's power Identify the "wretch" in Romans 7 Is the Christian battle against sin a long defeat? In Conquerors, Not Captives, Joseph R. Dodson and Mattie Mae Motl challenge the popular view that Romans 7:14–25 describes the typical Christian battle against sin. The "wretched man" of Romans 7 seems unable to do what God's law demands and, for many Christians, his inner conflict and turmoil seem all too relatable. But are we impotent before sin and powerless to do good? When we reexamine Romans 7 in light of Paul's writings elsewhere and his interpreters throughout church history, we encounter better news. emConquerors, Not Captives is an accessible and thoughtful study that rebukes our gloomy expectations and invites us to take seriously the Bible's assurances that the Holy Spirit frees us from sin's power.

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Lexham Press

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1683597710

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Marcion: On the Restitution of Christianity

An Essay on the Development of Radical Paulinist Theology in the Second Century

By: R. Joseph Hoffmann

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Marcion: On the Restitution of Christianity

An Essay on the Development of Radical Paulinist Theology in the Second Century

By: R. Joseph Hoffmann

Hoffmann's Marcion was the first work after Harnack (1924) to call into question the patristic testimony concerning the "arch-heretic." In his work, Hoffmann challenged the conventional wisdom concerning the date, sources, and accuracy of reports on Marcion through careful and critical examination of patristic evidence. In Hoffmann's view, Marcion was the creator of the two-part canon. Theologically, his attempts to elevate Paul above the gospels ensured the enduring role of Paul in the history of the early church. Contrary to early views that Marcion was a gnostic, Hoffmann argued that Marcion was a man from an "earlier time" who demonstrates in his theology the living controversies of the early period: whether the Old Testament should be accepted or rejected; whether the God of the Old Testament and the God of the gospel are the same deity; and finally, whether the revelation of God represented in the teaching and person of Jesus Christ is definitive for the church.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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149829359X

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A Little Book for New Bible Scholars

By: E. Randolph Richards,Joseph R. Dodson

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InterVarsity Press

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Conquerors Not Captives

Reframing Romans 7 for the Christian Life

By: Joseph R. Dodson

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Reframing Romans 7 for the Christian Life

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The 'Powers' of Personification

The 'Powers' of Personification

A Little Book for New Bible Scholars

A Little Book for New Bible Scholars

Conquerors Not Captives

Conquerors Not Captives

Marcion: On the Restitution of Christianity

Marcion: On the Restitution of Christianity

A Little Book for New Bible Scholars

A Little Book for New Bible Scholars

Conquerors Not Captives

Conquerors Not Captives

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