Christ the Ideal King

Name: Christ the Ideal King | Cultural Context, Rhetorical Strategy, and the Power of Divine Monarchy in Ephesians
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Cultural Context, Rhetorical Strategy, and the Power of Divine Monarchy in Ephesians

Julien Smith(Autor*in)

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Erschienen im November 2011

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Cover
Preface
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Ephesians and the Quest for the Ideal King
1.1. Purpose of the Present Study
1.2. Justification for the Present Study
1.3. Method
1.4. Outline of the Argument
Chapter 2. The Ideal King in Greco-Roman Thought
2.1. Classical Period (490-323 B.C.E.)
2.1.1. Plato
2.1.2. Aristotle
2.1.3. Xenophon
2.1.4. Isocrates
2.1.5. Classical Period: Summary and Conclusions
2.2. Hellenistic Period (323-31 B.C.E.)
2.2.1. The Divinity of the Ideal King
2.2.2. The Ideal King as Benefactor
2.2.3. The Ideal King Transforms his Subjects by his Presence
2.2.4. The Ideal King Effects Harmony Through the Living Law Within Him
2.2.5. Hellenistic Period: Summary and Conclusions
2.3. Roman Period (1st c. B.C.E.-117 C.E.)
2.3.1. Julio-Claudian Dynasty
a) Res gestae divi Augusti
b) Virgil
c) Seneca
d) Summary
2.3.2. Flavian Dynasty
a) Musonius Rufus
b) Martial
c) Statius
d) Summary
2.3.3. Trajan
a) Dio Chrysostom
b) Plutarch
c) Pliny the Younger
d) Suetonius
2.4. Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 3. The Ideal King in Jewish Thought
3.1. Kingship in Ancient Israel
3.2. Palestinian Jewish Literature
3.2.1. Psalms of Solomon
3.2.2. Qumran Literature
a) Methodological Issues
(1) A coherent system or irreducible diversity?
(2) One messiah or two (CD, 1QS, 1QSa)?
b) Rule Texts
(1) Damascus Document (CD)
(2) Rule of Benedictions (1QSb)
(3) War Scroll (1QM)
4QSefer ha-Milhamah (4Q285)
c) Exegetical Texts
(1) 4QpIsaiah (4Q161)
(2) 4QFlorilegium (4Q174)
(3) 4QCommentary on Genesis A (4Q252)
d) Other Texts
(1) 4QAramaic Apocalypse (4Q246)
(2) 11QTemple (11Q19)
e) Summary and Conclusions
3.3. Egyptian Jewish Literature
3.3.1. Sibylline Oracles
3.3.2. Letter of Aristeas
3.3.3. Philo
a) Legatio ad Gaium
b) De Iosepho
c) De vita Mosis
3.4. Roman Jewish Literature: Flavius Josephus
3.5. Literature of Disputed Provenance: Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs
3.6. Summary and Conclusions
Chapter 4. Ephesians: Is There a King in This Text?
4.1. The Christ is the Vicegerent of God
4.1.1. ? X??st??: Messianic Title or Proper Name?
4.1.2. God Acts e? ???st?: the Force of the Preposition
4.1.3. What is the Argument of Ephesians? The Poetic Sequence of Action
a) 1:1-2, 3-14, 15-23
b) 2:1-10, 11-22
c) 3:1-13, 14-21
d) 4:1-16
e) 4:17-5:21
f) 5:22-6:9
g) Summary and Conclusions
4.1.4. What is the Narrative World of Ephesians? The Referential Sequence of Action
a) God's Creational Activity
b) The Christ Event
c) Recipients' State of Spiritual Death
d) "Paul" Becomes an Apostle
e) Recipients' Conversion
f) Recipients' Enthronement by Means of the Christ
g) Recipients "Learn Christ"
h) "Paul" is Imprisoned
i) "Paul" Hears of the Recipients' Faith
j) "Paul" Writes the Letter, Which is Delivered and Read by "Tychicus"
k) Recipients Respond to the Letter
l) The Cosmos is Restored Through Christ
4.1.5. What is the Emphasis of Ephesians? Comparison of the Referential and Poetic Sequences
4.1.6. Summary and Conclusion: Christ is the Ideal King Through Whom God Acts
4.2. The Christ Reconciles the Cosmos (2:1-22)
4.2.1. The Christ Reconciles Humanity to God (2:1-10)
4.2.2. The Christ Reconciles Jew and Gentile in the Church (2:11-22)
4.3. The Christ is the Benefactor of the Church (4:1-16)
4.4. The Christ Enables Moral Transformation in the Church (4:17-5:21)
4.4.1. The Two Ways Form: Background, Form, and Function
a) Historical Background
b) Literary Form
c) Function
4.4.2. The Function of the Two Ways Form in Ephesians
a) "Learning Christ": A Metaphor for Transformation
b) Abolishing Vice: The Necessary Precursor to Harmony
4.5. The Christ Enables Harmony in the Household (5:22-6:9)
4.6. The Christ Enables Victory Over the Powers (6:10-20)
Chapter 5. Listening to Ephesians with the Authorial Audience
5.1. Ephesians: A Paraphrastic and Interpretive Summary
5.2. Indicative and Imperative Reunited
5.3. Avenues for Further Research
5.3.1. Ephesians and Eschatology
5.3.2. Ephesians and Ecclesiology
5.3.3. Ephesians and Empire
Bibliography
Texts, Translations, and Editions of Ancient Texts
Secondary Literature
Index of References
1. Hebrew Bible / Old Testament
2. New Testament
3. Old Testament Apocrypha
4. Old Testament Pseudepigrapha
5. Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Texts
6. Philo
7. Josephus
8. Early Christian Literature
9. Greco-Roman Literature
Index of Modern Authors
Index of Subjects and Key Terms

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