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The letters to Philemon, the Colossians, and the Ephesians : a socio-rhetorical commentary on the captivity Epistles / Ben Witherington III.
Van Pelt Library BS2765.53 .W58 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Witherington, Ben, III, 1951-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Philemon--Commentaries.
- Bible.
- Bible. Philemon--Socio-rhetorical criticism.
- Bible. Colossians--Commentaries.
- Bible. Colossians--Socio-rhetorical criticism.
- Bible. Ephesians--Commentaries.
- Bible. Ephesians--Socio-rhetorical criticism.
- Bible. Ephesians.
- Bible. Colossians.
- Bible. Philemon.
- Socio-rhetorical criticism of sacred works.
- Genre:
- Commentaries.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 382 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., [2007]
- Contents:
- The letter to Philemon
- The epistolary prescript : vv. 1-3
- Thanksgiving/exordium : a refresher course : vv. 4-7
- A closer look : when rhetoric is not mere rhetoric
- An appeal for a useful servant : vv. 8-16
- A closer look : Paul in chains, Onesimus in bondage
- Peroratio : summing up and touching the heart of the matter : vv. 17-22
- A closer look : the cost of manumission
- Epistolary conclusion : vv. 23-24
- Bridging the horizons : Philemon
- The letter to the Colossians
- The authorship of Colossians
- Further thoughts on the relationship of Colossians and Ephesians
- The false teaching/philosophy in Colossae
- The theology of Colossians
- The occasion of Colossians
- Epistolary prescript : 1.1-2
- Exordium/thanksgiving prayer : 1.3-14
- Narratio : the pattern of Christ : 1.15-20
- A closer look : the formation of the Christ hymn
- Propositio/partitio : 1.21-23
- Probatio : argument one : minister of the mystery : 1.24-2.5
- Probatio : argument two : the bone of contention : 2.6-3.4
- A closer look : the Colossian "philosophy"
- A closer look : the theological substance of Colossians
- Probatio : argument three : the necessity of virtue : 3.5-4.1
- Vice and virtue lists : 3:5-17
- The household code : 3:18-4:1
- A closer look : evaluating the household codes fairly in Paul's context
- A closer look : Paul on marriage and slavery in context
- Peroratio : prayer and wisdom : 4.2-6
- Epistolary closing : 4:7-18
- Bridging the horizons : Colossians
- The homily called Ephesians
- Homilies in the New Testament era
- Ephesians as a letter to Ephesus?
- Epideictic rhetoric : the art of persuasive sermon-making
- Pseudonymity?
- Exordium : a blessing of a eulogy : 1.3-14
- A closer look : for heaven's sake
- Thanksgiving prayer/captatio benevolentiae : 1.15-23
- A closer look : the ethos of community in Ephesians
- Narratio : Gentiles then and now and their apostle : 2.1-22; 3.2-13
- Concluding prayer and doxology : 3.1, 14-21
- Exhortatio : reminder of community values and virtues : 4.1-6.9
- The formation of a more perfect union : 4.1-16
- A closer look : what goes up must come down : pneumatic exegesis
- New creatures : 4.17-24; putting off and putting on : 4.25-32
- The imitation of God, the image of holiness : 5.1-21
- Christians in the house : 5.21-6.9
- A closer look : the Christian household code revisited
- Peroratio : standing notwithstanding the opposition : 6.10-20
- Epistolary postscript : the end of the matter : 6.21-24
- Bridging the horizons : Ephesians.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James G. Barnwell Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780802824882
- 0802824889
- OCLC:
- 167512179
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