The place of Paideia in Hebrews' moral thought /
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| Author / Creator: | Davis, Phillip A., Jr., 1985- author. |
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| Imprint: | Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck , [2018] ©2018 |
| Description: | xii, 291 pages ; 24 cm |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe ; 475 Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe ; 475. |
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| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11751867 |
| Summary: | In Hebrews 12:1-17 the author seeks to encourage the readers by interpreting their sufferings as paideia from God. Scholars have typically interpreted this paideia either as corrective reproof or formative training, but by examining the passage in light of Hebrews' ethics, the ancient practice of corporal punishment, and the author's quotation of Proverbs 3:11-12, Phillip A. Davis, Jr. shows this dichotomy to be untenable. The main problem Hebrews addresses is the danger of sinning, not apostasy per se. Yet because Hebrews rejects second repentance, paideia cannot be corrective. At the same time, ancient education had as its goal moral formation, which always involved the pain of physical punishments. The author draws on this commonplace to suggest that the pain of the audience's sufferings should be taken as a concomitant part of their formation in the righteousness the "epistle" demands of them. |
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| Item Description: | Slightly revised version of the author's dissertation, University of Numster, 2016.--Foreword. |
| Physical Description: | xii, 291 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-275) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9783161560033 3161560035 9783161560040 3161560043 |
| ISSN: | 0340-9570 |