The law of Christ (Epistolary metaphors and the Pauline relativization of Jewish law in Galatians-V,16-25)

Authors
Winger, M
Citation
M. Winger, The law of Christ (Epistolary metaphors and the Pauline relativization of Jewish law in Galatians-V,16-25), NEW TEST ST, 46(4), 2000, pp. 537-546
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Religion & Tehology
Journal title
NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES
ISSN journal
00286885 → ACNP
Volume
46
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
537 - 546
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-6885(200010)46:4<537:TLOC(M>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Paul's phrase 'the law of Christ,' used without explanation in Gal. 6.2, me ans neither some form of words (such as Lev. 19.18), nor a norm constituted by the example of Christ himself. It is rather a metaphor for what, in the life of those who belong to Christ, occupies the place that law had in the life of those who came before Christ: it means the Spirit, as described in Gal. 5.16-25. Incidentally, the phrase serves to relativize 'law,' implyin g that the Jewish law is just one form of law and not the highest.