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Between Horror and Hope: Paul’s Metaphorical Language of Death in Romans 6:1–11 is unavailable, but you can change that!

This book argues that Paul’s metaphorical language of death in Romans 6:1–11 conveys two aspects: horror and hope. The horror aspect is conveyed by the crucifixion language, and the hope aspect by burial language. The life of the Christian believer is understood, as relationship with sin is concerned (“death to sin”), between these two realities: horror and hope.

In Seneca’s Epistles 24, 2662 there is a discussion about the right attitude when someone faces a threat, and about the subject of old age. In Ep. 24 (On Despising Death), the purpose of Seneca is to conduct Lucilius ‘to the peace of mind’ (24:2) at a time when he is ‘anxious about the result of a lawsuit, with which and angry opponent is threatening (him)’ (24:1). The course of the argument is as follows: ‘assume that what you fear may happen will certainly happen in any event. (24:2) […] If you
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