God in the Letter to Philemon

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https://doi.org/10.54937/vt.2024.23.2.19-28

Autor/ Author: Juraj Feník

In: Verba Theologica

ISSN: 1336-1635 (Print)

ISSN: 2644-4844 (Online)

Ročník/ Volume: XXIII.

Číslo/ Issue: 2

Strany/ Page Range: 19-28

Rok vydania/ Publication Year: 2024

Vydavateľ/ Publisher: VERBUM – vydavateľstvo Katolíckej univerzity v Ružomberku

Abstrakt/ Abstract: One would be hard-pressed to find references to God in Philemon, for God is barely mentioned in Paul’s shortest letter. Apart from two explicit references which use the noun θεός, the writing contains only two other allusions to God’s activity. While some authors detect a number of echoes of God’s doing in Philemon, this study, adopting a stricter methodology, argues that only four verses (3, 4, 15, 22) can be listed as instances of theological language. By analyzing those references to God, the article summarizes the theology of Philemon and sketches the theological contribution of this letter within Pauline literature.  

Kľúčové slová/ Keywords:  Agency, Father, Gift, God, Paul, Philemon, Separation

Citácia/ How to cite:
FENÍK, Juraj, 2024. Boh v Liste Filemonovi. Verba Theologica. Online. Roč. XXIII., č. 2, s. 19-28. ISSN 1336-1635 (Print). ISSN 2644-4844 (Online). Dostupné na: https://doi.org/10.54937/vt.2024.23.2.19-28

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Výskum pre túto štúdiu bol podporený grantom APVV-20-0130 „Biblický text a jeho terminologické diskurzy v modernom spisovnom jazyku. Na príklade Listov apoštola Pavla“ a VEGA 2/0015/22 „Recepcia biblickej rodinnej terminológie a motívov v slovanskom kultúrnom prostredí“.
The research for this study was supported by the APVV-20-0130 grant, Biblical Text and its Terminological Discourses in Modern Written Language: The Example of the Pauline Letters, and the VEGA 2/0015/22 grant, Reception of Biblical Family Terminology and Motifs in the Slavic Cultural Environment.