Being 'in Christ' in the Letters of Paul: Saved Through Christ and in His Hands

by Teresa Morgan

In this study, Teresa Morgan offers a radically new interpretation of 'in Christ'and related expressions in the undisputed letters of Paul. Starting from a reassessment of Deissmann's Die neutestamentliche Formel "in Christo Jesu", she argues that Deissmann's philology is flawed, the Schweitzerian concept of 'participation in Christ' which is indebted to it is problematic, and many contemporary accounts of participation are better understood in other...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3161598857
• ISBN13: 9783161598852
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
• Length: 331 Pages