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  SUMMARY                                                                                                                   Reidar Aasgaard, “Paul as a child: Children and childhood in the letters of the Apostle”. Journal of Biblical Literature 126, No.1 (2007):129-159.          In this article Reidar Aasgaard, from University of Oslo , aims to bring out a systematic presentation of Paul’s language concerning children and childhood and to show the nuance and distinctive features of such usage. Paul’s childhood terminology can be classified by distinguishing between concrete and metaphorical, relational and life stage, and according to semantic field. The last one is more important with respect to this article, which can be further classified, according to Peter Muller, into four field namely kinship, social position, formation and belonging.         1. Kinship: This group reflects a concern in antiquity i.e., producing children for succession and transferring property.

Introduction The Hebrews used twofold dualism: dualism of above and below; and eschatological dualism. Dualism of above and below indicates the reality of the heavenly world and the earthly world and the eschatological dualism indicates the present age and age to come. The language of the Hebrews distinguishes this world and the heavenly world of spiritual realities. This paper is an attempt to understand the heavenly hierarchy and its relation to the faith.   1. An Overview of Greco-Roman-Jewish Understanding of the Heavenly Hierarchy The word heaven used in the Old Testament to denote the air above the earth (Gen 1:8; Ps 104:2 and the place of habitation of God (1 Kings 8:30; Ps 14:2; Is 63:15). [1] Further, God and angels are in heaven (Gen 28:12; 1 Kings 22:19; cf. Is 6:2–3). Angels were the messengers of God; but they were given other task and different ranks or groups in intertestamental period. [2] The angels considered as the mediators between humans and God. [3] Sa