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Author Croasmun, Matthew, 1979- author.

Title The emergence of sin : the cosmic tyrant in Romans / Matthew Croasmun
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 278 pages)
Contents 1. s/Sin: the genealogy of a person(ification) -- 2. Emergence -- 3. The emergence of persons great and small -- 4. An emergent account of sin in Romans -- 5. Sin, gender, and empire
Summary "Commentators have long argued about whether Paul literally means to say Sin is a person or is simply indulging in literary personification, but regardless of Paul's intentions, for modern readers it would seem clear enough: there is no such thing as a cosmic tyrant. Surely it is more reasonable to suppose 'Sin' is merely a colorful way of describing individual misdeeds or, at most, a way of evoking the intractability of our social ills. In The Emergence of Sin, Matthew Croasmun suggests we take another look. The vision of Sin he offers is at once scientific and theological, social and individual, corporeal and mythological. He argues both that the cosmic power Sin is nothing more than an emergent feature of a vast human network of transgression and that this power is nevertheless real, personal, and one whom we had better be ready to resist. Ultimately, what is on offer here is an account of the world re-mythologized at the hands of chemists, evolutionary biologists, sociologists, and entomologists. In this world, Paul's text is not a relic of a forgotten mythical past, but a field manual for modern living."--Dust jacket flap
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 21, 2017)
SUBJECT Bible. Romans, V-VIII -- Socio-rhetorical criticism
Bible. Romans, V-VIII fast
Subject Sin -- Biblical teaching
Personification in the Bible.
RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- New Testament.
RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Paul's Letters.
Socio-rhetorical criticism of sacred works
Personification in the Bible
Sin -- Biblical teaching
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780190278007
0190278005
9780190277994
0190277998