Burke, Trevor J.

Adopted into God's family exploring a Pauline metaphor Trevor J. Burke - Nottingham, UK IVP 2006 - 235p pbk 21.5cm - New Studies in Biblical theology ; 22 .

Contents : Adoption: a misinterpreted metaphor; Adoption: another soteriological metaphor for Paul; The origin and background of Pauls's adoption metaphor; 'Abba, Father' and His family of adopted sons; God the Son and the adopted sons of God; Adoption and the Spirit; Adoption and honour; Adoption and living between the 'now ' and the 'not yet'. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

978-1-84474-146-5


Bible. N.T. Epistles of Paul-- criticism, interpretation, etc.
Adoption-- Pauline theology.

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