Paul against the idols: a contextual reading of the Areopagus Speech
"The story of Paul's visit to the city of Athens with its speech delivered before the Areopagus council is one of the best-known and most-celebrated passages of the Acts of the Apostles. Being the only complete example of an apostolic address to "pure pagans" recorded, it has con...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Eugene, Oregon
Pickwick Publications
[2019]
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Apostelgeschichte 17,16-34
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/ Contextual theology
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Paul the Apostle, Saint
B Universalism B Natural Theology B Salvation Christianity B Thesis B Bible. Acts Criticism, interpretation, etc B Theology of religions (Christian theology) B Salvation outside the church Biblical teaching |
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| Summary: | "The story of Paul's visit to the city of Athens with its speech delivered before the Areopagus council is one of the best-known and most-celebrated passages of the Acts of the Apostles. Being the only complete example of an apostolic address to "pure pagans" recorded, it has consistently attracted the attention of historians, biblical scholars, theologians, missionaries, apologists, artists, and believers over the centuries. Interpretations of the pericope are many and variegated, with opinions ranging from deeming the speech to be a foreign body in the New Testament to acclaiming it as the ideal model of translation of the Christian kerygma into a foreign idiom. At the heart of the debate is whether the various parts of the speech must be understood as Hellenistic or biblical in nature--or both. Paul Against the Idols defends and develops an integrated contextual study of the episode. Reading the story in its Lukan theological, intertextual, narrative, linguistic, and historical context enables an interpretation that accounts for its apparent ambivalence. This book thus contributes to the ongoing hermeneutical and exegetical scholarly discussions surrounding this locus classicus and suggests ways in which it can contribute to a Christian theology of religions and missiology."--Publisher |
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| Item Description: | Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, 2008 Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-254) and indexes |
| ISBN: | 1625647956 |