Slaves, citizens, sons : legal metaphors in the Epistles / [print]
Francis Lyall.
- Grand Rapids, Michigan : Academie Books, (c)1984.
- 288 pages ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographies and index.
The slave and the freedman -- Aliens and citizens - Adoption -- Inheritance -- The Father's household -- Trust: The faith of Christ -- Mercantile images -- Redemption -- Of metaphors and analogies -- The system of law -- Law in the provinces -- The epistles -- Paul.