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1 online resource (406 pages) |
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Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche, 0171-6441 ; Bd. 169 |
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Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche ; Beiheft 169.
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Contents |
Frontmatter; Table of Contents; Abbreviations; Tendencies in the Research on the Letter to Philemon since 1980; Paul's Persuasive Prose: An Epistolary Analysis of the Letter to Philemon; Affects and Emotions in the Rhetoric of Pauls's Letter to Philemon: A Rhetorical-Psychological Interpretation; "You Will Do Even More Than I Say": On the Rhetorical Function of Stylistic Form in the Letter to Philemon; How to Deal with Onesimus? Pauls's Solution within the Frame of Ancient Legal and Documentary Sources; The Letter ti Philemon in the Context of Slavery in Early Christianity |
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The Letter to Philemon as Ethical Counterpart of Pauls's Doctrine of JustificationLove in the Letter to Philemon; Contextual Interpretation of the Letter to Philemon in the United States; Paul, Power and Philemon. "Knowing Your Place": A Postcolonial Reading; Hierarchy and Obedience: The Legacy of the Letter to Philemon; The Reception of the Letter to Philemon in the Early Church: Origen; Jerome, Chrysostom and Augustine; St. J |
Summary |
All the essays in this book are devoted to the interpretation of Pauls Letter to Philemon. The most important characteristic of the book is the wide range of perspectives from which this brief letter of Paul is interpreted. The following issues receive attention: tendencies in the interpretation of the letter since 1980, epistolography, rhetoric, style, ancient legal and documentary sources, slavery in early Christianity, contextual interpretation, post-colonialism, the letters legacy of hierarchy and obedience and the reception of the letter by Church Fathers |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
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Bible. Philemon -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Congresses
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Bible. Philemon -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History -- Congresses
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Bible. Philemon fast |
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
9783110221749 |
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3110221748 |
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9783110221732 |
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311022173X |
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