Forensic Metaphors in Romans and their soteriological significance
Verbum et Ecclesia
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Forensic Metaphors in Romans and their soteriological significance | |
| Creator | du Toit, A B | |
| Description | Previous studies on legal references in Paul concentrated almost exclusively on matters of civil law. A study of five important passages in Romans and an overview of the rest of Romans indicate that this letter contains an unusual number of forensic metaphors and that Paul, in Romans, packaged his soteriology within a forensic setting. This suggests that he deliberately created an implicature, inviting his readers to compare the iustitia Dei with the iustitia romana. Contrary to the latter, which was expected to function on the basis of equity and with which Paul’s addressees were all too well acquainted, the iustitia Dei proves to be astonishingly unconventional. This judge operates with grace. Ironical as it may seem, exactly by using forensic imagery, Paul completely delegalized the Christian message. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2003-10-15 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/ve.v24i1.311 | |
| Source | Verbum et Ecclesia; Vol 24, No 1 (2003); 53-79 2074-7705 1609-9982 | |
| Language | eng | |
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