The sovereignty of God in salvation [[electronic resource] ] : biblical essays / / E. Earle Ellis

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910814744603321
• Autore: Ellis E. Earle (Edward Earle)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : T & T Clark, 2009
• ISBN: 1-282-86803-9; 9786612868030; 0-567-15526-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (142 p.)
• Collana: T & T Clark biblical studies The sovereignty of God in salvation
• Disciplina: 231.5
• Soggetti: Providence and government of God; God (Christianity) - Attributes
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 God's Sovereign Grace in Salvation and the Nature of Man's Free Will; 2 Paul, Predestined Apostle of Christ Jesus: Whence the Name and the Title?; 3 Colossians 1:12-20: Christus Creator, Christus Salvator; 4 Perspectives on Biblical Interpretation; 5 Paul and Graeco-Roman Rhetoric; 6 Dynamic Equivalence Theory, Feminist Ideology and Three Recent Bible Versions; Index of Passages; Index of Authors; Index of Subjects
• Sommario/riassunto: In his new work The Sovereignty of God in Salvation E. Earle Ellis sets out to explore God's sovereign purpose both in individual salvation and in the salvation history within which the Bible has been authored, transmitted, interpreted and communicated. In the process he touches on such themes as the nature of free will; the manifestation God's sovereignty in the life and ministry of the Apostle Paul; the presence of God's hand in the transmission and interpretation of the biblical texts; and new perspectives on both the modern inclination to emphasise Paul's use of Graeco-Roman rhetoric as we