Sacral manumission formulae and Romans 6

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" Sacral manumission formulae and Romans 6 "
F. A. Tomlinson D. E. Garland

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1113462
Doc. No	:	TLpq304369166
Main Entry	:	D. E. Garland
	:	F. A. Tomlinson
Title & Author	:	Sacral manumission formulae and Romans 6\ F. A. TomlinsonD. E. Garland
College	:	The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Date	:	1997
student score	:	1997
Degree	:	Ph.D.
Page No	:	259
Abstract	:	Chapter one presents the introductory matters: statement of the problem, purpose and limitation, and the methodology of the dissertation. Chapter two of this dissertation posits that some of the early criticisms of Deissmann--especially in respect to paramone service--are not entirely justified. After surveying the different manumission procedures common in the Greek east of the Roman empire, this dissertation demonstrates that all the major emancipation procedures in the east did have provisions for paramone-service to the deity after emancipation. Chapter three contends that Paul--through the nexus of terms usd\grave\varepsilon\pi\iota\mu\acute\varepsilon\nu\omegausd and usd\chi\acute\alpha\rho\iota\zetausd in Romans 6:1--alludes to the moment of emancipation from Egypt for the children of Israel (Exod 12-14). These terms pin-point the exact moment in Israel's history when God emancipated the children of Israel from the house of slavery in Egypt. From the referent of Romans 6:1 (usd\chi\acute\alpha\rho\iota\zetausd and usd\grave\varepsilon\pi\iota\mu\acute\varepsilon\nu\omegausd) to Exodus 12-14 (especially Exod 12:39 and Exod 12:36)--a reference to manumission and to release from a sovereign power, a power opposed to God--it seems plausible that Paul is alluding to manumission. Through the identification of formulae from emancipation and from slavery in chapters two and three, chapter four identifies five stylistic devices--each employing allusions from sacral manumission and slavery--that reveal an underlying coherence within Romans 6 and within the larger context of Romans 5-8. The following features reveal that underlying coherence: (1) personification with the use of concrete slave-language ties the beginning of Romans 6 with the end of the chapter; (2) a refrain in Romans 5-8-suggestive of a Septuagintal refrain magnifying God's covenant faithfulness to deliver from slavery-demonstrate coherence within Romans 5-8; (3) the employment of extended slave metaphors in Romans 6:1-23 unveils a coherence within Romans 6; (4) "senile frames" connecting Romans 6:1 with 6:14 and Romans 6:1 with Romans 6:23 demonstrate continuity with the beginning, the middle, and the end of Romans 6; and (5) "slavery seams" in the broader context of Romans 5-8 suggest that emancipation language illuminates the argumentation of Romans 6.
Subject	:	Bible
	:	emancipation
	:	Exodus
	:	paramone
	:	Philosophy, religion and theology
	:	Romans (Epistle to the)