Colossians BNTC
1st Edition
Published on 25. August 2016
528 pages
978-0-567-66965-0 (ISBN)
Description
Foster provides the commentary on Colossians in this renowned series of biblical commentaries, under the General Editorship of Professor Morna D. Hooker (Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity Emerita in the University of Cambridge, UK).
As with other volumes in the series, the key questions for scholars are scrutinised thoroughly - questions of historicity, the use of historical traditions and sources, the relationship of Colossians to the rest of the New Testament in particular the Pauline letters, authorship, and setting. Foster examines these issues in such a way as to present the heart of the academic debate to a wider audience, as befitting to the series reputation for rigorous commentary, which not only advances the knowledge of students and pastors, but also makes a contribution to the academic discourse in its own right.
As with other volumes in the series, the key questions for scholars are scrutinised thoroughly - questions of historicity, the use of historical traditions and sources, the relationship of Colossians to the rest of the New Testament in particular the Pauline letters, authorship, and setting. Foster examines these issues in such a way as to present the heart of the academic debate to a wider audience, as befitting to the series reputation for rigorous commentary, which not only advances the knowledge of students and pastors, but also makes a contribution to the academic discourse in its own right.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-567-66965-0 (9780567669650)
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Person
Paul Foster is Professor in New Testament at the University of Edinburgh, UK. He is author of Community, Law and Mission in Matthew's Gospel, 2004, and editor of The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers (T&T Clark, 2007), and author of The Gospel of Peter: Introduction, Critical Edition and Commentary (2010) - which is now the standard treatment of the text of that non-canonical gospel.
Content
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
1. The Text of Colossians
2. Colossae the City
3. The Religious Environment of First Century Colossae
4. Believers in Jesus in the Lycus Valley and Phrygia
5. The Theology of Colossians
6. The Missing Old Testament in Colossians
7. Authorship, Date, and Place of Writing
8. Relationship to Earlier Pauline Epistles
9. Earliest Reception in Christian Tradition
10. Prosopography
11. The Situation Behind the Letter
12. The Structure of the Letter
TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY
1. Letter Opening
2. Christological Teaching and Correctives
3. Ethical Instruction for Renewed Existence
4. Letter Conclusion
5. Title
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Reference Works
2. Commentaries on Colossians
3. Other Secondary Literature
INDICES
1. Ancient Sources
2. Modern Authors
3. Subjects
INTRODUCTION
1. The Text of Colossians
2. Colossae the City
3. The Religious Environment of First Century Colossae
4. Believers in Jesus in the Lycus Valley and Phrygia
5. The Theology of Colossians
6. The Missing Old Testament in Colossians
7. Authorship, Date, and Place of Writing
8. Relationship to Earlier Pauline Epistles
9. Earliest Reception in Christian Tradition
10. Prosopography
11. The Situation Behind the Letter
12. The Structure of the Letter
TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY
1. Letter Opening
2. Christological Teaching and Correctives
3. Ethical Instruction for Renewed Existence
4. Letter Conclusion
5. Title
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Reference Works
2. Commentaries on Colossians
3. Other Secondary Literature
INDICES
1. Ancient Sources
2. Modern Authors
3. Subjects
