LEADER 03051nam 2200565 450 001 9910789672103321 005 20230421053716.0 010 $a1-283-20004-X 010 $a9786613200044 010 $a0-567-49057-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000106675 035 $a(EBL)742684 035 $a(OCoLC)741691801 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000521572 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11913726 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000521572 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10523374 035 $a(PQKB)11548287 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC742684 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL742684 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10869538 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL320004 035 $a(OCoLC)893335623 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000106675 100 $a19940923h19941994 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Colossian controversy $ewisdom in dispute at Colossae /$fRichard E. DeMaris 210 1$aSheffield, England :$cJSOT Press,$d[1994] 210 4$dİ1994 215 $a1 online resource (177 p.) 225 1 $aJournal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ;$v96 300 $a"An earlier version of this study was a dissertation completed in 1990 at Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary. The current version of the study benefited from a significant rewriting based on additional research, particularly in the area of archaeology"--Acknowledgments. 311 $a1-85075-473-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [150]-160) and indexes. 327 $aCover; Editorial Board; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 AN INTRODUCTION TO THE COLOSSIAN PHILOSOPHY PUZZLE; Chapter 2 A HISTORY OF SCHOLARSHIP ON THE COLOSSIAN PHILOSOPHY; Chapter 3 INTERPRETING THE POLEMICAL CORE IN COLOSSIANS; Chapter 4 THE HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL SETTING OF THE COLOSSIAN PHILOSOPHY; Chapter 5 THE CONTROVERSY IN COLOSSIANS; Epilogue THE COLOSSIAN PHILOSOPHY AND THE CONFLICT AT COLOSSAE TODAY; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors 330 $aIdentifying the group or position that the author of Colossians attacks in ch 2 of that letter has long occupied scholars, but no interpretative consensus has resulted. This study details the inadequacy of existing reconstructions and offers in their stead the portrait of philosophically inclined Gentiles drawn to the Jewish community and then to the Christian congregation by ideas and practices congenial with their view of the world. Central to the Colossian philosphy's outlook was the pursuit of divine knowledge or wisdom through (1) the order of the cosmic elements (2.8, 20); (2) the bodily 410 0$aJournal for the study of the New Testament.$pSupplement series ;$v96. 676 $a227/.706 700 $aDeMaris$b Richard E.$0958087 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789672103321 996 $aThe Colossian controversy$93704348 997 $aUNINA