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New Testament theology :

Esler, Philip Francis.

New Testament theology : communion and community / Philip F. Esler. - Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c2005. - xii, 353 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-334) and indexes.

Introduction: The New Testament and contemporary Christianity -- The New Testament, history, and theology : the state of the debate -- Persons in communion : a socio-theological model -- Knowing and understanding the message of our ancestors in the faith -- The place of New Testament authors in interpretation -- Inter-personal understanding and the spoken word in Schleiermacher's hermeneutics -- Face-to-face communion between New Testament Christ-followers : 1 Corinthians 10-14 as a test case -- New Testament Christ-followers and the effects of writing -- Communion with the saints : origins and development -- Communion with the saints : modeling the naturalistic possibilities -- Communion with the saints in the fullest sense -- The canon and interpersonal communion -- History, hermeneutics, and communion : Romans.

0281057583 (pbk. : alk. paper)


Bible.--New Testament--Theology.
Bible.--New Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.


Communities--Religious aspects--Christianity.

BS2397 / .E85 2005

 

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