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Paul and Diversity A New Perspective on Σάρξ and Resilience in Galatians

By Linda Joelsson Copyright 2024
208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

This book investigates attitudes toward diversity as expressed in Paul’s letter to the Galatians and proposes a renewed understanding of the term σάρξ as used in this letter. Σάρξ (sarx) is usually translated as "flesh" and has often been perceived in theological studies as a complicated and highly polysemous term. It is also a word whose interpretations have had far-reaching social, political,... Read more

1 Introduction

2 A Monosemous Approach to Σάρξ

3 The Narrative Composition of Galatians

4 Galatians from a Social Systems Perspective

Biography

Linda Joelsson is a postdoctoral researcher in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oslo, Norway.