Paul The Worldly Ascetic

Author : Vincent L. Wimbush
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725230880

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Paul, the Worldly Ascetic by Vincent L. Wimbush Pdf

In writing to the Corinthians, Paul was grappling with fundamental issues concerning the lifestyle of Christians, and specifically with questions about marriage, interracial marriage, and remarriage. The so-called hos me passage in I Corinthians 7 has been identified as a key passage for understanding Paul's expressed understanding of an appropriate model of Christian existence in the world. This one pastoral-counseling passage has had significant influence on the development of Western social orientation (not limited to the issues of marriage) and of Christian piety. Paul, the Worldly Ascetic is a fundamental reevaluation of a benchmark passage, I Corinthians 7, and is itself a model of historical-critical exegesis. This insightful work will be welcomed by students of Paul, early Christianity, and history of religion, by classicists, and by those who seek an understanding of how we may rightly engage the world in which we live.

Author : Vincent L. Wimbush
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0865542635

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Paul, the Worldly Ascetic by Vincent L. Wimbush Pdf

Author : Vincent L. Wimbush
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781610979634

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Paul, the Worldly Ascetic by Vincent L. Wimbush Pdf

In writing to the Corinthians, Paul was grappling with fundamental issues concerning the lifestyle of Christians, and specifically with questions about marriage, interracial marriage, and remarriage. The so-called hos me passage in I Corinthians 7 has been identified as a key passage for understanding Paul's expressed understanding of an appropriate model of Christian existence in the world. This one pastoral-counseling passage has had significant influence on the development of Western social orientation (not limited to the issues of marriage) and of Christian piety.Paul, the Worldly Ascetic is a fundamental reevaluation of a benchmark passage, I Corinthians 7, and is itself a model of historical-critical exegesis. This insightful work will be welcomed by students of Paul, early Christianity, and history of religion, by classicists, and by those who seek an understanding of how we may rightly engage the world in which we live.

Author : Will Deming
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1995-02-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0521472849

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Paul on Marriage and Celibacy by Will Deming Pdf

Reassesses Paul's thinking on marriage and his place in the history of Christian asceticism.

Author : Anthony C. Thiselton
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 1490 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2000-11-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781467423403

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The First Epistle to the Corinthians by Anthony C. Thiselton Pdf

This superb volume in the New International Greek Testament Commentary series provides the most detailed, definitive, and distinctive commentary on 1 Corinthians available in English to date. One of the world's most respected Christian theologians, Anthony Thiselton here provides in-depth discussion of the language of 1 Corinthians, presents his own careful translation of the Greek, traces the main issues of interpretation from the church fathers to the present, and highlights topics of theological, ethical, and sociohistorical interest today, including ethics and "rights," marriage, divorce and remarriage, "headship," gender, prophecy, and many others. No other commentary on 1 Corinthians embodies the wealth and depth of detail presented in Thiselton's work, which takes account of nearly all scholarly research on 1 Corinthians and incorporates substantial bibliographies throughout. In his commentary Thiselton indeed addresses virtually every question that thoughtful, serious readers -- scholars, students, pastors, teachers -- may wish to ask of or about the text of 1 Corinthians. His work truly offers a fresh, comprehensive, and original contribution to our understanding of this major epistle and its contemporary relevance.

Author : Vincent L. Wimbush
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0800631056

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Ascetic Behavior in Greco-Roman Antiquity by Vincent L. Wimbush Pdf

In presenting a selection of twenty-eight texts in translation with introductory essays, Vincent L. Wimbush and his co-authors have produced the first book on asceticism that does full justice to the varieties of ascetic behavior in the Greco-Roman world. The texts, representative of different religious cults, philosophical schools, and geographical locations, are organized by literary genre into five parts that give a fascinating overview of the ascetic tradition.

Author : Eugene H. Lovering Jr.,Jerry L. Sumney
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725238923

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Theology and Ethics in Paul and His Interpreters by Eugene H. Lovering Jr.,Jerry L. Sumney Pdf

This significant volume draws together an exceptional list of contributors to honor the life and work of Victor Paul Furnish. Doing credit to the focus and character of Furnish's career as a scholar, educator, and churchman, the individual essays, and the volume as a whole, have been written in a way that renders them accessible to seminary students in the classroom and that builds substantially on Furnish's own work. The book is structured in three parts: (1) Theology and Ethics in Paul (focusing on individual Pauline texts and on the broader themes, foundations, and context of Paul's theological and ethical thought); (2) Theology and Ethics in Paul's Earliest Interpreters (both in the NT and in the church which came to accept Paul's letters as canonical); and (3) Paul in Contemporary Theology and Ethics (engaging Furnish's own work as well as that of his colleagues and students in the area of Pauline theology and ethics).

Author : Aliou Cisse Niang,Carolyn Osiek
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781610975247

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Text, Image, and Christians in the Graeco-Roman World by Aliou Cisse Niang,Carolyn Osiek Pdf

Twenty-four scholars join their efforts to congratulate David Lee Balch for a long career of dedication to scholarship and teaching. Topics range from the life of early Christian house churches to the kinds of challenges that early Christians needed to negotiate in their artistic and literary worlds as they established their own identity. Contributors Edward Adams Frederick E Brenk Warren Carter John R. Clarke Everett Ferguson John T. Fitzgerald Richard A. Freund Ronald F. Hock Robin M. Jensen Davina C. Lopez Margaret Y. MacDonald Abraham J. Malherbe Aliou CissŽ Niang Peter Oakes Todd Penner Leo G. Perdue Turid Karlsen Seim Dennis E. Smith Yancy W. Smith Stephen V. Sprinkle Hal Taussig Oliver Larry Yarbrough

Author : Ben Witherington
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1995-01-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781467418997

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Conflict and Community in Corinth by Ben Witherington Pdf

This unprecedented commentary applies an exegetical method informed by both sociological insight and rhetorical analysis to the study of 1 and 2 Corinthians. In addition to using traditional exegetical and historical methods, this unique study also analyzes the two letters of Paul in terms of Greco-Roman rhetoric and ancient social conditions and customs to shed fresh light on the context and content of Paul's message. Includes 21 black-and-white photos and illustrations.

Author : Frederick J. Murphy
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441238740

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Apocalypticism in the Bible and Its World by Frederick J. Murphy Pdf

Apocalypticism is not a peripheral topic in biblical studies. It represents the central, characteristic transformation of Hebrew thought in the period of the Second Temple. It therefore constituted the worldview of Jesus, Paul, and the earliest Christians, and it is the context in which the New Testament books were written. In this volume, Frederick Murphy defines apocalypticism while discussing its origins, where it comes into play in the Hebrew Bible, and how it relates to Jesus and the New Testament.

Author : J. Dorcas Gordon
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1997-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567116697

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Sister or Wife? by J. Dorcas Gordon Pdf

This work investigates the social dynamics within the Corinthian community and the function of Paul's argumentation in the light of those dynamics. The models of Victor Turner and Mary Douglas, cultural anthropologists, guide the inquiry. Gordon concludes that the conflict in 1 Corinthians 7 arose as the result of two antithetical views of the root metaphor, 'In Christ all are children of God, no male and female'. One group supported a kinship system based on patrilineal marriage and hierarchical community structures. A second group demanded that an egalitarian sibling relationship should order the community. Paul attempts to persuade both factions that their commitment to each other and to him is primary. His arguments encourage each group to reconsider the absoluteness of its stance and to learn to live with ambiguity.

Author : Anthony C. Thiselton
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802840363

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1 Corinthians by Anthony C. Thiselton Pdf

Anthony Thiselton's lengthy New International Greek Testament Commentary volume The First Epistle to the Corinthians (2000) has become a standard work on 1 Corinthians. In this "shorter" commentary Thiselton draws on his excellent exegesis from that volume but combines it afresh with keen practical and pastoral application for readers at all levels. Thiselton delves deeply into the context and text of Paul's first Corinthian letter as he suggests, section by section, how the book applies to pastoral and practical issues. He draws vivid parallels between the growing church in Corinth and the twenty-first-century church, demonstrating that today's church also faces a seductive culture of competition and consumerism. The church in Corinth preferred its self-centered theology to the Christ-centered gospel of the wider apostolic church. Paul's response in 1 Corinthians, amplified by Thiselton's commentary, becomes a living, practical, transforming word from God for Christians today.

Author : Everett Ferguson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 1270 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0815333196

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Encyclopedia of Early Christianity by Everett Ferguson Pdf

First published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : William Loader
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780802867247

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The New Testament on Sexuality by William Loader Pdf

This is the fifth and final installment of William Loader's authoritative, acclaimed series on attitudes toward sexuality in the ancient world. Sexual themes are never far beneath the surface where there are human beings. This was certainly the case for Christians in the first-century world. Some began in a strongly Jewish context and worked out their faith in dialogue with their scriptural heritage. Others had to work out their sexual ethics in a world strongly influenced by Greco-Roman ideals and practices. In The New Testament on Sexuality William Loader explores the relevant cultural contexts and looks at New Testament texts related to sexuality, highlighting both the warnings about sexual wrongdoing and the affirmations of sexual union. He deals with specific themes such as divorce, same-sex relations, women and men in leadership, and celibacy; individual behavior, gender roles and rules, preferences, and hopes also fall under the scope of his investigation. Broad-ranging and thorough, this book engages both the biblical texts and the diverse ways in which they have been interpreted.

Author : Roy E Ciampa,Brian S Rosner
Publisher : Inter-Varsity Press
Page : 952 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781789740141

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The First Letter to the Corinthians by Roy E Ciampa,Brian S Rosner Pdf

This careful, sometimes innovative, mid-level commentary touches on an astonishingly wide swath of important, sensitive issues - theological and pastoral - that have urgent resonances in twenty-first-century life. This thorough commentary presents a coherent reading of 1 Corinthians, taking full account of its Old Testament and Jewish roots and demonstrating Paula's primary concern for the unity and purity of the church and the glory of God. Those who preach and teach 1 Corinthians will be grateful to Ciampa and Rosner for years to come and scholars will be challenged to see this letter with fresh eyes.