LEAVING LAODICEA
Author: Steve McCranie
Publisher:
Published: 2016-12-13
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780977155835
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The Letters to Philemon, the Colossians, and the Ephesians
Author: Ben Witherington
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 2007-11-19
Total Pages: 395
ISBN-13: 1467423556
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume completes Ben Witherington's contributions to the set of Eerdmans socio-rhetorical commentaries on the New Testament. In addition to the usual features of these commentaries, Witherington offers an innovative way of looking at Colossians, Ephesians, and Philemon as interrelated documents written at different levels of moral discourse. Colossians is first-order moral discourse (the opening gambit), Ephesians is second-order moral discourse (what one says after the opening salvo to the same audience), and Philemon is third-order moral discourse (what one says to a personal friend or intimate). Witherington successfully analyzes these documents as examples of Asiatic rhetoric, explaining the differences in style from earlier Pauline documents. He further shows that Paul is deliberately engaging in the transformation of existing social institutions. As always, Witherington's work is scholarly and engaging. With detailed "Closer Look" sections, The Letters to Philemon, the Colossians, and the Ephesians is perfect for the libraries of clergy, biblical scholars, and seminaries.
The Letters to the Colossians and to Philemon
Author: Douglas J. Moo
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 2008-08-25
Total Pages: 405
ISBN-13: 1467439800
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExhibiting the same brilliant exegesis and sound practical insight found in his previous works, noted commentator Douglas J. Moo in this new volume not only explains accurately the meaning of the letters to the Colossians and to Philemon but also applies that meaning powerfully to twenty-first-century readers. Moo both interacts with the Greek text of these letters and clearly explains the English text to a contemporary audience. Informed, evangelical, methodologically astute, and displaying a careful balance between good scholarship and pastoral concern -- earmarks of the Pillar New Testament Commentary series as a whole -- Moo's Letters to the Colossians and to Philemon will offer insights to a wide range of readers, from teachers and students, to pastors and parishioners, to scholars and laypersons.
Philemon in Perspective
Author: D. Francois Tolmie
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 407
ISBN-13: 311022173X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is dedicated entirely to the interpretation of Paul's Letter to Philemon. The letter is approached from a wide variety of perspectives, thus yielding several new insights into its interpretation. In a first essay the tendencies in the research on the letter since 1980 are outlined. This is followed by essays devoted to the epistolary analysis and to a rhetorical-psychological interpretation of the letter; as well as an essay devoted to the rhetorical function of stylistic form in the letter. After this there are two essays devoted to situating the letter in its ancient context: one views the letter against the background of ancient legal and documentary sources and another one against the background of slavery in early Christianity. The next two essays focus on theological aspects, namely on the letter as ethical counterpart of Paul's doctrine of justification and on the role that love plays in the letter. Three essays focus on ideological issues: the contextual interpretation of the letter in the US, a post-colonial reading of the letter and the letter's legacy of hierarchy and obedience. The volume concludes with four essays on the way in which the letter was interpreted by the some of the Church Fathers: Origen, Jerome, Chrystostom, Augustine and Theodore of Mopsuestia.
Colossians and Philemon
Author: David W. Pao
Publisher: Zondervan Academic
Published: 2016-05-24
Total Pages: 631
ISBN-13: 0310532140
DOWNLOAD EBOOKConcentrate on the biblical author's message as it unfolds. Designed to assist the pastor and Bible teacher in conveying the significance of God's Word, the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament series treats the literary context and structure of every passage of the New Testament book in the original Greek. With a unique layout designed to help you comprehend the form and flow of each passage, the ZECNT unpacks: The key message. The author's original translation. An exegetical outline. Verse-by-verse commentary. Theology in application. While primarily designed for those with a basic knowledge of biblical Greek, all who strive to understand and teach the New Testament will benefit from the depth, format, and scholarship of these volumes.
Reading Paul's Letters to Individuals
Author: Hulitt Gloer
Publisher: Smyth & Helwys Pub
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9781573125192
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this volume, Gloer and Stepp interpret Paul's letter to Philemon and the Pastoral Epistles-Titus and 1 & 2 Timothy. Philemon tells a simple and straight-forward story of Philemon and his escaped slave Onesimus. How can the story of an escaped slave returned to his master hold any meaning for believers today? Indeed, in Philemon we encounter a practical working out of Paul's foundational theological ideas-grace, faith, atonement, reconciliation, freedom in Christ, new creation, and the ethical life that stems from these. In their study of the Pastoral Epistles, Gloer and Stepp describe the continuation of Paul's missionary work, the internal and external conflicts, and Paul's gradual withdrawal from the work that has defined his life. In Paul's absence, how will the churches address the conflicts and persecution? They survive and thrive by trusting the successors that Paul provided for them. Like other volumes in this unique series, "Reading Paul's Letters to Individuals" focuses on comprehending the major themes of the epistles and their relationship to the understanding of the early Christian communities. With the focus on the work in its entirety rather than a verse-by-verse methodology, this volume will appeal to the professional and nonprofessional alike, as well as to college and seminary students.
Our Brother Beloved
Author: Senior Lecturer in Biblical Studies Stephen E Young
Publisher:
Published: 2021
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781481315319
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Draws on Positioning Theory to offer a fresh reading of Philemon and challenge traditional interpretations that argue for a pro-slavery perspective in the letter"--
Onesimus Our Brother
Author: Matthew V. Johnson
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 186
ISBN-13: 1451410212
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMatthew V. Johnson is senior pastor at The Good Shepherd Church (Baptist) in Atlanta. --
Archaeology and the Letters of Paul
Author: Laura Salah Nasrallah
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 329
ISBN-13: 0199699674
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis study illuminates the social, political, economic, and religious lives of those to whom the apostle Paul wrote. It articulates a method for bringing together biblical texts with archaeological remains.
The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians
Author: F. F. Bruce
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 1984-10-23
Total Pages: 478
ISBN-13: 9780802825100
DOWNLOAD EBOOKF.F. Bruce's study of the Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians constitute a single volume in The New International Commentary on the New Testament. Prepared by some of the world's leading scholars, the series provides an exposition of the New Testament books that is thorough and scholarly while faithful to the infallible Word of God.
