
The Hope of Glory
Education and Exhortation in the Epistle to the Colossians
Walter T. Wilson(Author)
Brill (Publisher)
Published on 1. November 1997
Book
Leather / fine binding
XIV, 297 pages
978-90-04-10937-7 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
'...W.'s book is a substantive and helpful survey...'Mark Kiley, The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1999.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Weight
732 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-10937-7 (9789004109377)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
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.