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The significance of clothing imagery in the Pauline Corpus

By Kim , Chŏng-hun

Book information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic;Bloomsbury T&T Clark;T & T Clark International
Year
2004
ISBN
0567082466, 9780567082466, 9780567419880, 0567419886
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
17 MB (17932746 bytes)
Series
Library of New Testament Studies;Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 268
Edition
1
Pages
271\289
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
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Description

There are references to clothing throughout Paul's letters, and the metaphor constitutes a significant aspect of his theology. The imagery appears several times in his letters: clothing with Christ (Gal 3:27; Rom 13:14), clothing with the new man (Col 3:9-10; Eph 4:22-24), and clothing with the resurrection body (1 Cor 15:49, 50-54; 2Cor 5:1-4). In order to understand the background to this use of the clothing metaphor, Jung Hoon Kim examines similar imagery in the Old Testament, 1 and 2 Enoch, the Apocalypse of Moses, Philo, rabbinic literature, Joseph and Aseneth, the Hymn of the Pearl, and Apuleius's Metamorphoses. He also discusses the Roman custom of clothing and the baptismal praxis of the ancient church. Kim concludes that Paul's metaphor suggests the life and glory of the image of God, which were lost by Adam, have been restored by baptism in Christ, and will go on to be consummated at the parousia.

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