ONCE MORE ABOUT THE ORIGINS AND BACKGROUND OF THE NEW TESTAMENT EPISKOPOS
Reassessing the evidence about the origin of episkopos shows that against earlier suggestions the term was not borrowed from Judaism, but it was most likely taken from the Greco-Roman world. Episkopos designated officials of the polis and of private associations. Early Christian communities were org...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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CEEOL
2012
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Sacra scripta
Year: 2012, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, Pages: 202-222 |
| Further subjects: | B
early Christian offices
B Pastoral Epistles B oikos Theou B mebaqqēr B private associations B episkopos B Philippians B Acts B 1 Peter |
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