Entering God’s Kingdom (Not) Like A Little Child : : Images of the Child in Matthew, 1 Corinthians, and Thomas / / Eunyung Lim.
What does it mean to be “like a child” in antiquity? How did early Christ-followers use a childlike condition to articulate concrete qualifications for God’s kingdom? Many people today romanticize Jesus’s welcoming of little children against the backdrop of the ancient world or project modern Christ...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2021 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft ,
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XIV, 172 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Entering the Kingdom of Heaven Not Like the Sons of Earthly Kings: The Gospel of Matthew
- Chapter 3 Infants in Christ, Not Children of God’s Kingdom: 1 Corinthians
- Chapter 4 Entering the Kingdom as a Baby: The Gospel of Thomas
- Chapter 5 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- General Index
- Index of Biblical and Early Christian References
- Index of Other Ancient Sources