%0 Journal Article
%T Christ＊s 旭ˋ考而牝ˋ vs. Caesar＊s Fides: 旭ˋ考而牝ˋ 朱老牝考而羊ˋ in Galatians and the Roman Imperial Cult
%A Sang Mok Lee
%J The Expository Times
%@ 1745-5308
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0014524618813282
%X This study examines the meaning of 羽ˋ考而牝ˋ 朱老牝考而羊ˋ with respect to the political and religious situations of Paul＊s Galatian recipients, including the issue of circumcision. When the apostle sent his letter to the Galatian churches, the Gentile believers were returning to the Roman imperial cult; by doing so, they were accepting the emperor as the ultimate authority and benefactor and incorporated into the reciprocity of fides. Through 羽ˋ考而牝ˋ 朱老牝考而羊ˋ, our apostle criticised and superseded this Roman imperial ideology and the imperial cult. Paul＊s 羽ˋ考而牝ˋ 朱老牝考而羊ˋ was intended to advocate Christ＊s faithfulness in opposition to Caesar＊s faithfulness. He exhorted the recipients to live in a relationship of 羽ˋ考而牝ˋ with Christ, not Caesar. Christ＊s faithfulness and ＆the believer＊s faith in Christ＊ are not mutually exclusive. Paul deliberately intended the ambivalence of the Greek phrase to denote the reciprocal 羽ˋ考而牝ˋ between Christ and the believer. The apostle defined the believer＊s relationship with both the Jewish tradition and the Roman Empire concurrently
%K pistis Christou
%K pistis
%K fides
%K Galatians
%K faithfulness
%K imperial cult
%K imperial ideology
%K reciprocity
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0014524618813282