TY  - BOOK
AU  - Harald Aarbakke
PY  - 2019
CY  - New York, United States of America
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9781433156687
TI  - The Eldest Brother and New Testament Christology
DO  - 10.3726/b13546
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1057082
N2  - The Eldest Brother and New Testament Christology explores the origin of cultural representations of Jesus as an eldest brother. Through ethnographic surveys, author Harald Aarbakke shows that the role of the eldest brother in different African societies is often accompanied by additional roles, among them mediator, protector, and leader. Aarbakke also searches for an exegetical basis for this understanding of Jesus, and argues that an eldest brother Christology can be substantiated by the cultural and literary context of certain New Testament texts (Matthew 25:31–46 and 28:10, Mark 3:31–35, John 20:17, Romans 8:28–30, Colossians 1:15–20, and Hebrews 2:10–18).
LA  - English
ER  -