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‘Role Ethics’ in Paul: The Significance of the Sibling Role for Paul's Ethical Thinking

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 October 2002

REIDAR AASGAARD
REIDAR AASGAARD
Affiliation:
Frydenbergvn 1A, N-1415 Oppegård, Norway
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Abstract

In the much-studied ethical thinking of Paul one aspect has been overlooked: the impact of role thinking. In his letters Paul assigns to the Christians several roles taken from social life, among which the sibling (brother/sister) role has a central position. Paul's frequent and often pointed use of sibling terminology shows that he employs ideas generally associated with social/biological siblingship in order to characterise and influence his co-Christians' attitudes and actions. By doing this, he reinforces and broadens the motivational basis for his ethics, and introduces elements which in important ways shape both its character and its content.

Type
Research Article
Information
New Testament Studies , Volume 48 , Issue 4 , October 2002 , pp. 513 - 530
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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