Jesus, Paul, and the early church: missionary realities in historical contexts : collected essays
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Jesus - Messianic Teacher -- 1. Jesus and the Beginnings of the Mission to the Gentiles -- 2. The Silence of Jesus: The Galilean Rabbi Who was More Than a Teacher -- Paul - Missionary Theologian -- 3. Introducing Foreign Deities: The Document...
| Summary: | Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Jesus - Messianic Teacher -- 1. Jesus and the Beginnings of the Mission to the Gentiles -- 2. The Silence of Jesus: The Galilean Rabbi Who was More Than a Teacher -- Paul - Missionary Theologian -- 3. Introducing Foreign Deities: The Documentary Evidence -- 4. Repentance in Paul's Letters -- 5. Evangelism and the Mission of the Church -- 6. Lives That Speak: ἡ λογικὴ λατρεία in Romans 12:1 -- 7. How Paul Developed his Ethics: Motivations, Norms, and Criteria of Pauline Ethics -- The Early Church - Missionary Realities in Historical Contexts -- 8. The Meaning of ßapt?'?e?? in Greek, Jewish, and Patristic Literature -- 9. The Language of Baptism: The Meaning of βαπτίζω in the New Testament -- 10. Jewish Opposition to Christians in Asia Minor in the First Century -- 11. Early Christian Mission and Christian Identity in the Context of the Ethnic, Social, and Political Affiliations in Revelation -- 12. Christians, Jews, and Pagans in the Book of Revelation: Persecution, Perseverance, and Purity in the Shadow of the Last Judgment -- 13. John and the Future of the Nations -- 14. Singing and Instrumental Music in the Early Church -- 15. Divine Tyranny and Public Humiliation: A Suggestion for the Interpretation of the Lydian and Phrygian Confession Inscriptions -- 16. Knowing the Divine and Divine Knowledge in Greco-Roman Religion -- 17. The Theology of the New Testament as Missionary Theology: The Missionary Reality of the Early Church and the Theology of the first Theologians -- First Publication and Permissions -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Subjects. |
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| ISBN: | 3161560620 |