
Colossians: An Introduction and Study Guide
Authorship, Rhetoric, and Code
Janice Capel Anderson(Author)
T.& T.Clark Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 27. December 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
136 pages
978-0-567-67464-7 (ISBN)
Description
This guide introduces readers to key issues in the interpretation and reception of Colossians. Anderson first explores the issue of Pauline authorship. She challenges readers to reflect on why the question of authorship has dominated scholarship as well as why and how interpreters create "stories" about the letter. Second, Anderson
examines rhetoric and context. She asks readers to consider how the letter constructs and seeks to persuade its addressees past and present. She surveys several pictures of the first audience and "opponents." Finally, Anderson delves into the functions of the Colossian household code, its reception, and the ethics of interpretation.
examines rhetoric and context. She asks readers to consider how the letter constructs and seeks to persuade its addressees past and present. She surveys several pictures of the first audience and "opponents." Finally, Anderson delves into the functions of the Colossian household code, its reception, and the ethics of interpretation.
Reviews / Votes
This book is a graduate student's dream, a professor's treasure, and an inquiring lay person's priceless guide for study and reflection. By any measure this is the best up-to-date summary of Colossians scholarship available. It is comprehensive, clear, stylistically graceful, balanced, expansive, suggestive and provocative. The extensive bibliography that is appended is alone worth the price of the book. Five stars. * Calvin J. Roetzel, University of Minnesota, USA * Significant breakthroughs in research about Colossae and in the interpretation of the Letter to the Colossians have been made in the last three decades. Janice Capel Anderson has mastered the array of new materials to distill an insightful, clear and beguiling introduction to the New Testament letter. Students and pastors will find here the most up-to-date literary, rhetorical, feminist and historical foundations for an appreciation of this intriguing writing. * Alan Cadwallader, Charles Sturt University, Australia *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
220 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-567-67464-7 (9780567674647)
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Person
Janice Capel Anderson is Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA
Content
Acknowledgments
Note On Text And Translation
List Of Abbreviations
A Word To The Reader
1. Chapter One - Stories Of Colossians And Authorship
2. Chapter Two - Rhetoric And Opposition
3. Chapter 3 -The Household Code, Ethics, And Interpretation
References
Index
Note On Text And Translation
List Of Abbreviations
A Word To The Reader
1. Chapter One - Stories Of Colossians And Authorship
2. Chapter Two - Rhetoric And Opposition
3. Chapter 3 -The Household Code, Ethics, And Interpretation
References
Index