Adoption in Galatians and Romans : Contemporary Metaphor Theories and the Pauline Huiothesia Metaphors.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- CHAPTER 1 Introduction -- Previous Research: A Critical Overview -- The Scope of This Project -- Overview of Chapters -- CHAPTER 2 A Working Theory of Metaphor -- Introduction -- Meaning and Embodied Simulation -- Metaphor: A Working Definition -- Substitution or Comparison Theories -- Contemporary Theories of Metaphor -- Janet Martin Soskice: An Interanimation Theory of Metaphor -- Metaphor and Exegesis -- Text, Context, Intertextuality, and Metaphorical Meaning -- Meaning is Indeterminate -- Metaphor and Epistemology -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 3 Metaphor: Perception, Emotion, Intimacy, and Identity Formation -- Introduction -- Metaphor and the Individual -- Metaphor and Perception -- Metaphor and Emotion -- Metaphor and Community -- Metaphor and the Creation of Intimacy -- Intimacy Between Author and Audience -- Metaphor and Group Identity -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 4 Sketching the Model: The Background and Conventional Use of υἱοθεσία -- Introduction -- Conventional Meaning, Background, and Translation: Some Methodological Considerations -- The Conventional Meaning of υἱοθεσία -- Other Proposed Translations, Backgrounds, and Models -- Possible Models for υἱοθεσία -- Jewish Background -- Greek Background -- Roman Background -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 5 We have Received the Adoption to Sonship: The υἱοθεσία Metaphor in Galatians 4:5 -- Introduction -- Introduction to the Exegetical Chapters -- Introduction to Galatians -- Galatians 4:5 in the Context of Galatians -- Metaphor and Text -- The Metaphorical Utterance in Galatians 4:5 -- The Frame: Galatians 4:1-7 -- Model, Tenor, and Vehicle -- Emphasis and Resonance -- Metaphor and Audience -- Metaphor and Perception -- Highlighting and Hiding -- Metaphor and Emotion -- Metaphor and Community -- Conclusion.

CHAPTER 6 We Ourselves Groan Inwardly: The υἱοθεσία Metaphors in Romans 8:15 and 8:23 -- Introduction -- Paul's Audience in Rome -- Romans 8:15-23: Preliminary Exegetical Issues -- Metaphor and Text -- The Metaphorical Utterance in Romans 8:15 and 8:23 -- Models, Tenors, and Vehicles -- The Frame: Romans 8:12-25 -- Emphasis and Resonance -- Metaphor and Audience -- Metaphor and Perception -- Metaphor and Emotion -- Metaphor and Community -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 7 To Whom Belongs the Adoption: The υἱοθεσία Metaphor in Romans 9:4 -- Introduction -- Metaphor and Text -- The Metaphorical Utterance in Romans 9:4 -- Tenor and Vehicle -- The Frame: Romans 9:1-5 -- The Emphasis and Resonance of υἱοθεσία in Romans 9:4 -- Metaphor and Intertextuality in Romans 9:4 -- The Old Testament Literature -- The Intertestamental Literature -- Paul's "Reflection" of the Sonship Tradition -- Metaphor and Audience -- Metaphor and Perception -- Metaphor and Emotion -- Metaphor and Community -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 8 Toward a Synthesis of the υἱοθεσία Metaphors -- Concluding Summary and Synthesis -- The Contribution of Each Chapter -- Toward a Synthesis -- Pauline Theology and the Hermeneutics of Metaphor -- Identifying Metaphors in the Pauline Text -- Intertextual Connections in Metaphorical Utterances -- Metaphor and Model in Pauline Theology -- Metaphor and Theological Categories -- Bibliography -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Ancient Sources.

In a new study on the Pauline adoption metaphors, Erin Heim applies a wide array of contemporary theories of metaphor in a fresh exegesis of the four instances of adoption (huiothesia) metaphors in Galatians and Romans.

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