The Hope of Glory

Education and Exhortation in the Epistle to the Colossians
Erscheinungsjahr 1997
ISBN: 978-90-04-10937-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 88, 297 Seiten, Format (B × H): 166 mm x 248 mm, Gewicht: 730 g

Reihe: Novum Testamentum, Supplements

This study explores the background, character, and function of Colossians as a form of theological education and appeal in the Pauline tradition. A historical, literary, rhetorical, and narrative analysis of the text shows how its theological affirmations and claims were presented so as to engage the life of its readers in practical ways and in practical contexts, especially in order to direct their moral formation as Christians and their self-understanding as a Christian community in a time of controversy. The specific strategies adopted by the author in designing his message and instructing the readers are familiar from Hellenistic conventions of moral and spiritual guidance, particularly those conventions associated with philosophic paraenesis, or moral exhortation for recent converts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wilson, Walter

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Bibelwissenschaften: Sachbuch, Erbauung, Didaktik
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Religionen der Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Heilige & Traditionelle Texte, Mythologie, Vergleichende Mythologie

Über Autor(innen)

Walter T. Wilson, Ph.D. (1990) in Early Christian Literature, University of Chicago, is Assistant Professor of New Testament at Emory University. He has also published books on Paul's letter to the Romans and on the Sentences of Pseudo-Phocylides.