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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788426603321

Autore

Boers Hendrikus

Titolo

Christ in the Letters of Paul [[electronic resource] ] : in place of a Christology / / Hendrikus Boers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Walter de Gruyter, c2006

ISBN

3-11-092062-X

Descrizione fisica

xii, 361 p

Collana

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche, , 0171-6441 ; ; Bd. 140

Classificazione

BC 7270

Disciplina

232.092

Soggetti

Christologie

RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / New Testament

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-361).

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The meaning of Christ for Paul personally -- pt. 2. The meaning of Christ for the believer.

Sommario/riassunto

This study addresses the centrality of Christ in Paul's thought, recognizing at the same time that he does not express the meaning of Christ as an existing teaching. Christ as a person, not a teaching, determines Paul's thinking, for himself and in his reasoning with his readers. Christ comes to expression in Paul as the explication of the fundamental reality for himself and for his readers. He develops his thoughts about Christ in each case anew as expressions of the Lord who determines his life and the lives of his readers. In his reasoning with his readers, he expects them to become aware of Christ as the one who determines them in their new lives as believers.