The power of images in Paul / Raymond F. Collins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Collins, Raymond F., 1935-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Epistles of Paul--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Epistles of Paul.

Metaphor in the Bible.

Physical Description:

xv, 307 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Collegeville, Minn. : Liturgical Press, [2008]

Summary:

In his letters to the early Christian communities, the apostle Paul left for Christians of all time an array of powerful images: from the pain of a thorn in the flesh to the tenderness of a nursing mother for her children, from the competition on an athletic field to the growth of an agricultural field. In The Power of Images in Paul, Raymond Collins explores how Paul uses the ordinary to describe what is extraordinary, how Paul skillfully uses a wide range of metaphors as ameans of both persuasion and clarification. But this book is more than an analysis of Paul's images themselves. Collins also examines how Paul deliberately draws from secular as well as religious and biblical themes in order to draw a culturally diverse audience into relationship with Christ. Entering Paul's world with Collins, readers will better appreciate Paul's use of metaphor and, more important, be persuaded as was Paul's original audience of God's unfailing love in Christ.

Contents:

The role of metaphor in Hellenistic rhetoric

The first letter to the Thessalonians

The letter to the Philippians

The letter to Philemon

The letter to the Galatians

The first letter to the Corinthians

The second letter to the Corinthians

The letter to the Romans

Paul's use of metaphor.

Notes:

"A Michael Glazier book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-271) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780814659632

0814659632

OCLC:

196301370