Date of Award
5-1-1973
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Theology (ThD)
Department
Exegetical Theology
First Advisor
Martin Scharlemann
Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)
Romans 1:18-32; Romans 5:12-21; Romans 7:7-11; 1 Corinthians 15:20-23; 1 Corinthians 15:35-49; Romans 8:19-22; Romans 8:38-39; Colossians 2:13-15; Romans 5:14; 1 Corinthians 15:22, 45; Philippians 2:6-8; 2 Corinthians 3:18-4:6; Colossians 1:15-20; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Philippians 2:9-11; Colossians 1:15-20; Romans 8: 19-32; 1 Corinthians 15:20, 23; Romans 8:23.29; Colossians 1:15, 18; Colossians 1:24; Colossians 2:19; Ephesians 1:22-23; Ephesians 4:15-16; Ephesians 5:21-33; Romans 6:3-11; Romans 8:11-30; Galatians 6:15-16; Philippians 3:20-21; Colossians 3:9-11; Ephesians 4:17-24; Genesis 1:26f; Colossians 1:12-20; Ephesians 2:14-15;
Abstract
The thrust of the present study is not that the return-to-origins motif dominates Pauline theology to the exclusion of all other themes. It is, however, suggested that such concepts as "the body," "image of God," "in Christ," and "the last Adam," should not be treated as unrelated concepts. They should rather be seen as parts of a larger whole. This larger whole is the return-to-origins motif. The frequent use which Paul makes of this particular motif to answer some of the basic questions of human existence is a measure of the important place which the return-to-origins motif occupied in the thinking of the apostle.
Recommended Citation
Strelan, John Gerhard, "The Return-to-Origins Motif in Pauline Theology and its Significance for a Theological Interpretation of Messianic and Millenarian Movements in Melanesia" (1973). Doctor of Theology Dissertation. 104.
https://scholar.csl.edu/thd/104
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