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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
January 2010
Print publication year:
1981
Online ISBN:
9780511554896
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511554896
Subjects:
Biblical Studies - New Testament, Classical Literature, Religion
Series:
Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (42)
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St Paul and his contemporaries - so runs a commonly accepted scholarly opinion - inhabited a world believed to be dominated by hostile superhuman powers, of whom Jews and Gentiles alike liked in fear. Dr Carr challenges this widespread assumption by means of a detailed examination of various kinds of evidence. First there is the New Testament itself. The general Mediterranean cultural background of the first century is also important, and the author looks at evidence from the early Church Fathers and gnostic material. He concludes that the notion of mighty forces of evil ranged against man was not part of the earliest Christian understanding of the world and the gospel. His argument has special significance in the light of the belief that a present-day interpretation may be given to the idea of hostile powers and their conquest by Christ, thus supporting political, social and ethical thinking within the Christian Church.

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