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The Figure of Adam in Romans 5 and 1 Corinthians 15: The New Creation an

The New Creation and Its Ethical and Social Reconfiguration
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It is widely recognized that in some of his letters, Paul develops a Christology based on a comparison between Adam and Christ, and that this Christology has antecedents in Jewish interpretation of Genesis 1 - 4. But Paul was not concerned simply to develop themes found in scripture.Felipe Legarreta gives careful attention to patterns of exegesis in Second-Temple Judaism and identifies, for the first time, a number of motifs by which Jews drew ethical implications from the story of Adam and his expulsion from Eden. He then demonstrates that throughout the "Christological" passages in Romans and 1 Corinthians, Paul is taking part in a wider Jewish exegetical and ethical discussion regarding life in the new creation.
Felipe de Jesus Legarreta-Castillo received his MA and PhD degrees at Loyola University, Chicago, where he wrote his dissertation under the supervision of Thomas Tobin, S.J. He was ordained as a priest in Mexico, and served in the diocese of Joliet. He is presently a resident Chaplain at Northwestern Hospital and is investigating health issues in Early Christianity and athletic metaphors in Paul.
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