Paul and the Agon Motif
Author: Pfitzner
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2014-04-09
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9004265937
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Author: Pfitzner
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2014-04-09
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9004265937
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Victor C. Pfitzner
Publisher: Brill Archive
Published: 1967
Total Pages: 246
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Annette Weissenrieder
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 478
ISBN-13: 9783161485749
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow do visual images from the ancient world shed light on New Testament texts? In a methodologically multifaceted manner, the contributions in this volume examine early Christian images with regard to their ancient context. Various New Testament texts (the synoptic gospels, the Johannine and Pauline corpora) are linked to ancient visual images. Various approaches in iconography are summarized and applied to the interpretation of texts, taking account of the strengths and limitations of these images, as well as possible future applications. These essays incorporate current viewpoints from archaeology and the history of art. The topics range from studies of the depictions of Christ and the disciples to the images of humans and the world. This volume provides an innovative basis for the discussion of the iconographic method and the New Testament.
Author: J. Paul Sampley
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2003-11-01
Total Pages: 716
ISBN-13: 9781563382666
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDistinguished Pauline scholars offer an insightful examination of Paul and his world, using carefully chosen examples to demonstrate how particular features of Greco-Roman culture shed light on Paul's letters and on his readers' possible perceptions of them.
Author: John B. Polhill
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 493
ISBN-13: 080541097X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcept for Christ himself, no figure has been more influential in the history of Christianity than the apostle Paul. And yet his remarkable life remains shrouded in mystery. In this probing new book, John B. Polhill scrapes away the myths about this great man and uncovers the truth of his life and thought. Using Acts, the Pauline epistles, and reliable traditions from non-canonical sources, Polhill weaves together the remarkable story of Paul's transformation from persecutor to persecuted, producing a dynamic account of his entire ministry. By placing each of Paul's letters in its proper historical context, Polhill brings new light to these foundation stones of the Christian faith. He follows Paul from his early years in Tarsus and Jerusalem to his imprisonment and eventual martyrdom, painting a detailed, comprehensive portrait of Paul that will serve as an indispensable resource for students, teachers, and pastors alike.
Author: Raymond F. Collins
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Published: 2016-03-24
Total Pages: 332
ISBN-13: 0814682588
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn his letters to the early Christian communities, the apostle Paul left for Christians of all time an array of powerful images: from the pain of a thorn in the flesh to the tenderness of a nursing mother for her children, from the competition on an athletic field to the growth of an agricultural field. In The Power of Images in Paul, Raymond Collins explores how Paul uses the ordinary to describe what is extraordinary, how Paul skillfully uses a wide range of metaphors as a means of both persuasion and clarification. But this book is more than an analysis of Paul’s images themselves. Collins also examines how Paul deliberately draws from secular as well as religious and biblical themes in order to draw a culturally diverse audience into relationship with Christ. Entering Paul’s world with Collins, readers will better appreciate Paul’s use of metaphor and, more important, be persuaded as was Paul’s original audience of God’s unfailing love in Christ.
Author: Victor Carl Pfitzner
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Published: 1964
Total Pages: 222
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Brian Dodd
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 1999-02-01
Total Pages: 291
ISBN-13: 1850759146
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis study claims that Paul uses his personal example as an explicit literary strategy in 1 Corinthians, Galatians and Philippians, and as an arguably implicit strategy in 1 Thessalonians and Philemon. He uses his own example to ground and illustrate his argumentation in a rhetorically sophisticated manner, often structuring his argument on such a basis. In places a crisp statement of his own case serves as a thesis statement of the argument that follows (e.g., Rom. 1.17; Gal. 1.10), while at other times it serves to summarize the argument and to provide a transition to the next phase (especially in 1 Corinthians and Gal. 2.15-21). All the while Paul's self-portrayals in his letters serve not autobiographical or egoistic purposes but pedagogical and argumentative aims.
Author: Nathan John Barnes
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2014-03-28
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 1725247984
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWomen were involved in every popular philosophy in the first century, and the participation of women reaches back to the Greek origins of these schools. Philosophers often taught their daughters, wives, and other friends the basic tenets of their thinking. The Isthmian games and a tolerance for independent thinking made Corinth an attractive place for philosophers to engage in dialogue and debate, further facilitating the philosophical education of women. The activity of philosophically educated women directly informs our understanding of 1 Corinthians when Paul uses concepts that also appear in popular moral philosophy. This book explores how philosophically educated women would interact with three such concepts: marriage and family, patronage, and self-sufficiency.
Author: Abraham J. Malherbe
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2006-02-01
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781451403411
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThese studies continue a tradition of scholarship that flourished around the turn of the century when new editions of ancient philosophical sources were published. Professor Malherbe, however, widens the scope to include other philosophical traditions. He recognizes and identifies the influences of Platonists, Peripatetics, Cynics, Stoics, Epicureans, and Pythagoreans. These popular philosophers aimed at moral reform; they shared both in their substance and in the techniques employed. Yet, they need to be distinguished in order to discern their influence, if any, on Paul.