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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461160803321

Autore

Bevere Allan R

Titolo

Sharing in the inheritance [[electronic resource] ] : identity and the moral life in Colossians / / Allan R. Bevere

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Sheffield Academic Press, c2003

ISBN

1-283-19417-1

9786613194176

0-567-21054-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; ; 226

Library of New Testament studies

Disciplina

227.706

Soggetti

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. [259]-273) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 THE BADGES OF IDENTITY: PARALLELS BETWEEN GALATIANS AND COLOSSIANS; Chapter 3 THE ISRAEL MOTIF; Chapter 4 THE BACKGROUND OF COLOSSIANS 3.1-4 AND ITS INTEGRATION; Chapter 5 VICES AND VIRTUES: 3.5-17; Chapter 6 THE COLOSSIAN HAUSTAFEL. 3.18-4.1; Chapter 7 CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

The argument of this book is two-fold: the target of the argument of Colossians is a Judaism dismissive of the Gentile Colossian Christians and the recognition of that fact casts new light on the moral material of the letter and its integration into the argument of the epistle as a whole.Several arguments are made in support of these claims. Significant parallels between Colossians and Galatians suggest similar concerns in both letters relating to Israel's identity as the people of God and how that relates to the Gentile believers are to live. The writers of Colossians, while sharing a similar