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

• Autore: Bevere Allan R
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Sheffield Academic Press, c2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Disciplina: 227.706
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Sharing in the inheritance
• ISBN: 1-283-19417-1; 9786613194176; 0-567-21054-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789679503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Journal for the study of the New Testament. . -Supplement series ; ; 226.; Library of New Testament studies.