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The Source of the Christology in Colossians
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The authors argued that the author of the Epistle to the Colossians took his great Christological statements in i. 9−23 and ii. 6−15 direct from Jewish sources.Abstract:
The purpose of this paper is to argue that the author of the Epistle to the Colossians took his great Christological statements in i. 9–23 and ii. 6–15 direct from Jewish sources. I am denying on the one hand the thesis that he was writing as a creative theologian who drew from time to time on a store of theological ideas which he made his own, and on the other hand the thesis that he was citing ‘hymns’ that were already complete entities. He neither created a Christology nor cited one or two commonly agreed pieces of liturgy; rather, he put together a great number of distinct but related statements which already existed in his sacred traditional sources.read more
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An Introduction to the New Testament
TL;DR: In this article, the authors aim to prepare the student for future exegesis coursework through an investigation of the backgrounds, origins, circumstances, and character of the New Testament books.
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New existence and righteous living : Colossians and 1 Peter in conversation with 4QInstruction and the Hodayot
TL;DR: In this article, a comparison of the impact of the Christ-event on the existence of the elect in Colossians and 1 Peter is made, and it is argued that the difference between these two works stem from the possibility that Colossian beliefs prior to faith in Christ reflect a particular cognitive environment formed by the author's historical setting and cultural milieu, while 1 Peter's views in the context of Early Jewish texts throws fresh light on his thought-world and understanding of the new existence.
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Poetry and Theology in Colossians 1. 15-20
TL;DR: The authors argue that Col 1.15.20 exhibits a clear structure which can, in some meaningful senses, be called "poetic" and read as a poem in the way I shall suggest, exhibits a characteristically Pauline form of what we may call Christological monotheism.
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Rhetorical analysis of Paul's Epistle to the Colossians
TL;DR: The objectives are to understand the intent of the author, the persuasive power of the text upon the original audience, and how the author has transmitted his intent through the text.
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Christ’s Supremacy: Colossians 1:15-20 and Its Implication in Education
TL;DR: In this paper, an analysis from the perspective of Christian education (with the implications) by firstly exegeting the passage in Colossian's context is presented. And the next step is to demonstrate the analysis on every section in the structure, followed by the significance of this passage in Christian education.