Colossians : encouragement to walk in all wisdom as holy ones in Christ /
Heil, John Paul,
Colossians : encouragement to walk in all wisdom as holy ones in Christ / [print] John Paul Heil. - Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, (c)2010. - xi, 227 pages ; 23 cm. - Society of Biblical Literature. Early Christianity and its literature ; 4 . - Early Christianity and its literature ; 4. .
This book investigates Colossians as a "captivity" letter from the primary implied author, the imprisoned Paul, to an implied audience of mainly Gentile converts currently in danger of influence by local Jews or Jewish Christians. Utilizing a text-centered, literary-rhetorical, and audience-oriented method, it demonstrates new chiastic structures for the entire letter that progressively encourage the audience to resist deceit and conduct themselves according to all the wisdom at their disposal as holy ones in Christ.
9781589834842 9781589834859
2010007847
Bible.--Colossians--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
BS2715 BS2715.H466.C656 2010
Colossians : encouragement to walk in all wisdom as holy ones in Christ / [print] John Paul Heil. - Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, (c)2010. - xi, 227 pages ; 23 cm. - Society of Biblical Literature. Early Christianity and its literature ; 4 . - Early Christianity and its literature ; 4. .
This book investigates Colossians as a "captivity" letter from the primary implied author, the imprisoned Paul, to an implied audience of mainly Gentile converts currently in danger of influence by local Jews or Jewish Christians. Utilizing a text-centered, literary-rhetorical, and audience-oriented method, it demonstrates new chiastic structures for the entire letter that progressively encourage the audience to resist deceit and conduct themselves according to all the wisdom at their disposal as holy ones in Christ.
9781589834842 9781589834859
2010007847
Bible.--Colossians--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
BS2715 BS2715.H466.C656 2010