From: John M. Sweigart (jsweiger@cswnet.com)
Date: Thu Mar 18 1999 - 04:28:27 EST
Steve;
If we understand PISTIS as a means of entering a covenant which at its base is a
legal/political metaphor then Josephus would make a great deal of sense. But I too
would like to see context in Josephus and NT citations where this nuance would be
more persuasive than mere cognition.
Steve Long wrote:
> B-Greekers,
>
> I've started reading Josephus to expand my Greek horizons and I've come
> across something interesting already. Josephus uses PISTIS in a political
> sense in terms of loyalty or allegiance to Rome. I'm wondering if this
> sense of allegiance would be the more prevalent sense of the word rather
> than belief or faith, or is this just a case of one word having more than
> one meaning depending on context?
>
> Steve
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