We Are Being Transformed: Deification in Paul's Soteriology

by M. David Litwa

Can Pauline soteriology be categorized as a form of deification? This book attempts to answer this question by keen attention to the Greco-Roman world. It provides the first full-scale history of research on the topic. It is also the first work to fully treat the basic historical questions relating to deification. Namely, what is deity in the Greco-Roman world? What are the types of deification in the Greco-Roman world? Are there Jewish antecedents...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 311028331X
• ISBN13: 9783110283310
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 343 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary