Adam, Son of God' (Luke 3.38): Another Jesus-Augustus Parallel in Luke's Gospel
Reading Jesus' conception and genealogy in the context of claims about Augustus brings clarity to the perplexing identification of Adam as God's offspring (Luke 3.38). Jesus was fathered by God's spirit (1.35), as was his ancestor Adam (through Joseph). Likewise, some claimed Augustus...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2018]
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New Testament studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 64, Issue: 3, Pages: 307-325 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Lukasevangelium 3,23-38
/ Jesus Christus
/ Adam, Biblical person
/ Son of God
/ Augustus Roman Empire, Emperor 63 BC-14
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| RelBib Classification: | BE Greco-Roman religions HC New Testament NBF Christology |
| Further subjects: | B
Adam
B Lukan infancy narrative B Lukan genealogy B Roman Empire B Son of God B Augustus |
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| Summary: | Reading Jesus' conception and genealogy in the context of claims about Augustus brings clarity to the perplexing identification of Adam as God's offspring (Luke 3.38). Jesus was fathered by God's spirit (1.35), as was his ancestor Adam (through Joseph). Likewise, some claimed Augustus was fathered by Apollo and that his ancestor Aeneas (through adoption by Julius Caesar) was the offspring of Aphrodite/Venus. This comparison suggests that Jesus is comparable to Augustus and that Jesus' kingdom of God is comparable to Augustus' Golden Age. Moreover, the logical force of these parallels favours the inferring of Joseph's adoption of Jesus in Luke. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-8145 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: New Testament studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0028688518000061 |