Niles, T.R. (2021). Does the Stoic Body Have a Head? On Stoicism as an Interpretive Background for Colossians 1:18a. Novum Testamentum, 63(3), pp. 390-407. Brill 10.1163/15685365-12341696
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The interpretation of the Christology of Colossians in modern scholarship has depended to a certain extent upon an analysis of Stoic philosophy as a potential conceptual background for the affirmation in Col 1:18a that Christ is “the head of the body.” If the “body” spoken of here is the body of the cosmos as the Stoics understood it, then Christ must be its “cosmic head.” This article examines whether this works on Stoicism’s own terms; that is, would a Stoic have advanced the notion that the cosmic body has a head?
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
01 Faculty of Theology > Institute of New Testatment Studies > New Testament and Ancient History of Religion |
UniBE Contributor: |
Niles, Travis Robert |
Subjects: |
200 Religion > 210 Philosophy & theory of religion 200 Religion > 220 The Bible 200 Religion > 230 Christianity & Christian theology 200 Religion > 270 History of Christianity |
ISSN: |
0048-1009 |
Publisher: |
Brill |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Travis Robert Niles |
Date Deposited: |
11 Jan 2024 08:53 |
Last Modified: |
11 Jan 2024 08:53 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1163/15685365-12341696 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Colossians, Christology, head, body, Stoicism, Stoic philosophy |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/191453 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/191453 |
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