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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451025403321

Autore

Kitchen Martin <1947, >

Titolo

Ephesians / / Martin Kitchen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1994

ISBN

0-203-13091-X

1-280-33574-2

1-134-86741-7

0-203-30390-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (158 p.)

Collana

New Testament readings

Disciplina

227/.507

Soggetti

Christian life

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-143) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Ephesians; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Series editor's preface; Preface; Note on the text; 1 An introduction to a reading of Ephesians; 2 The legacy of Paul; 3 Summing up; 4 Thanksgiving; 5 The worthy walk; 6 Walk differently, in love and in light; 7 Walk wisely; 8 The armour of God; Postscript: 'To sum up'; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This study approaches the Epistle to the Ephesians in a radically different way from traditional commentaries. Rather than analysing each individual verse, Martin Kitchen examines the complete text within the framework of contemporary biblical criticism. He acknowledges the debt which biblical studies owes to historical method, while at the same time recognizing the need to view the Epistle against the background of recent literary approaches to New Testament texts. Ephesians also takes into account the important questions of whether the Epistle was written by St Paul and, if not, why