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The elder and overseer : one office in the early church / Benjamin L. Merkle.
Van Pelt Library BS2545.C555 M47 2003
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Library at the Katz Center - Stacks BS2545.C555 M47 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Merkle, Benjamin L., 1971-
- Series:
- Studies in biblical literature 1089-0645 ; v. 57.
- Studies in biblical literature, 1089-0645 ; v. 57
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Elders (Church officers)--Biblical teaching.
- Elders (Church officers).
- Bishops--Biblical teaching.
- Bishops.
- Bible. New Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Bible. New Testament.
- Elders (Church officers)--History.
- Bishops--History.
- Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
- Church history.
- Church history--Primitive and early church.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 183 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Peter Lang, [2003]
- Contents:
- 1 History of Research 1
- The Relationship between Elder and Overseer 3
- Elder is Not an Office 4
- Overseers are Elders with Special Functions 9
- The Overseer is Above (but Still Identified with) the Elders 12
- The Overseer is Above (but Not Identified with) the Elders 16
- Elder and Overseer Denote the Same Office 19
- 2 Background of the Terms "Elder" and "Ovrseer" 23
- Background of the Term "Elder" 23
- Elders in the Old Testament 23
- The usage of the term "elders" in the Old Testament 23
- The identity of elders in the Old Testament 24
- The function of elders in the Old Testament 26
- Elders in Early Judaism 30
- Elders in the Septuagint 30
- Elders in the literature of Qumran 35
- Elders in Josephus 38
- Elders in the Mishna 38
- Elders in the Greco-Roman Sources 39
- Elders in the papyri and inscriptions 39
- Elders in Plutarch 42
- Elders in the New Testament 43
- The Origin of the Christian Elder 44
- Christian elders adapted from Old Testament elders 45
- Christian elders adapted from the Sanhedrin elders 46
- Christian elders adapted from synagogue elders 47
- Christian elders adapted from the culture 52
- Christian elders are unique 55
- Background of the Term "Overseer" 56
- Overseers in Early Judaism 56
- Overseers in the Septuagint 56
- Overseers in the literature of Qumran 57
- Overseers in the Greco-Roman Sources 59
- Overseers in the New Testament 61
- The Origin of the Christian Overseer 62
- 3 "Office" in Paul's Letters to Churches 67
- History of the Office-Charisma Debate 67
- Early German Pioneers 67
- Richard Rothe 67
- Ferdinand Christian Baur 68
- Albrecht Ritschl 69
- Edwin Hatch 69
- Rudolf Sohm 72
- Adolf van Harnack 74
- Recent Scholars Affirming the "New" Consensus 77
- Rudolf Bultmann 78
- Hans von Campenhausen 80
- Eduard Schweizer 81
- Ernst Kasemann 82
- Recent Scholars Rejecting the "New" Consensus 84
- Herman Ridderbos 84
- Herman Lombard 86
- Ronald Fung 87
- Organized Ministries in Paul's Letters to Churches 91
- Galatians 6:6 94
- 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13 97
- 1 Corinthians 16:15-16 101
- Romans 16:1-2 104
- Philippians 1:1 107
- Colossians 1:7; 4:12, 17 110
- Ephesians 4:11 112
- Non-Pauline Texts 114
- 4 Elder and Overseer in Acts and the Pastoral Epistles 121
- Elders in Acts 121
- The Authority of the Jerusalem Elders (Acts 11; 15; 21) 122
- The Appointing of Elders (Acts 14:23) 126
- The Activity of Elders (Acts 20:17-38) 129
- Elder and Overseer in the Pastoral Epistles 135
- The Setting and Context of the Pastoral Epistles 135
- Titus 1:5-9 142
- 1 Timothy 3:1-7; 5:17-25 148
- Implications for Today 160.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [163]-183).
- ISBN:
- 0820462349
- OCLC:
- 50192542
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