Philippians and Philemon

Philippians and PhilemonNew in the Acclaimed Paideia Commentary Series Two respected senior New Testament scholars examine cultural context and theological meaning in Philippians and Philemon in this addition to the well received Paideia series. Paideia commentaries explore how New Testament texts form Christian readers by attending to the ancient narrative and rhetorical strategies the text employs, showing how the text shapes theological convictions and moral habits, and

Focusing on rare texts from the Barth corpus

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This move generated a belief that studying the Bible was primarily a means of supporting facts and providing evidence of competing visions of reality

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reasoned study of the doctrine of election

This volume shows that theological interpretation is not so much an exegetical method as it is a practice concerned with Scripture's role in the faith and formation of persons and church communities

and reveals the importance of understanding the Quran for Christian-Muslim and Jewish-Muslim interfaith relations

and offers a corrective understanding for today's church

Now thoroughly updated and substantially revised to meet the needs of today's students and classrooms

Rich with bibliographic material

This book shows how Augustine defended the faith in late antiquity and how his approach to engaging the culture has great significance for the apologetic task today

This book offers a comprehensive evaluation of current approaches to leadership from a discerning Christian perspective