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Philippians and Philemon (Paperback)
Bruce W Longenecker, James W. Thompson, Mikeal Parsons, Charles Talbert, Bruce Longenecker
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New 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
making judicious use of maps, photos, and sidebars in a
reader-friendly format. Students, pastors, and other readers will
appreciate the historical, literary, and theological insight
offered in this practical commentary.
A Fascinating Glimpse into the World of the New Testament
Transported two thousand years into the past, readers are
introduced to Antipas, a Roman civic leader who has encountered the
writings of the biblical author Luke. Luke's history sparks
Antipas's interest, and they begin corresponding. While the account
is fictional, the author is a highly respected New Testament
scholar who weaves reliable historical information into a
fascinating story, offering a fresh, engaging, and creative way to
learn about the New Testament world. The first edition has been
widely used in the classroom (over 30,000 copies sold). This
updated edition, now with improved readability and narrative flow,
will bring the social and political world of Jesus and his first
followers to life for many more students of the Bible.
Interpretation and the Claims of the Text combines the writings
of more than a dozen prominent biblical scholars to elucidate the
theological building blocks for the New Testament. Beverly Roberts
Gaventa, Mikeal C. Parsons, Jason A. Whitlark, Loveday Alexander,
Warren Carter, Sharyn Dowd, Amy-Jill Levine, Bruce W. Longenecker,
Frank J. Matera, David P. Moessner, Alicia D. Myers, Lidija
Novakovic, Todd D. Still, C. Clifton Black, and R. Alan Culpepper
chart the waters of creation and humanity, the problems of sin,
Christ's redemptive power, and God's overarching plan for
humankind. Students and scholars alike will benefit from their
exegetical groundwork, perceptive discussion, and enlightening
conclusions. Interpretations and the Claims of the Text illuminates
multiple points of departure for further exploration of the depths
of New Testament texts.
The study of Paul and his letters can be exciting, challenging, and
life-changing, but only if it is done well and only if students
achieve more than a basic familiarity with the subject. This is
exactly what Pauline experts Bruce W. Longenecker and Todd D. Still
accomplish with their new textbook aimed at college and seminary
level courses on Paul and his writings. Longenecker and Still bring
decades of study and expertise to Thinking through Paul,
challenging readers to delve deeply into Paul s writings and
wrestle with his richly-layered and dynamic theological discourse.
Seeking to situate their study of the Apostle in proper
perspective, Longenecker and Still first look at Paul s life before
and after his encounter with the risen Christ en route to Damascus,
then examine each of Paul s letters individually, and finally
synthesize the Pauline writings to highlight the main strands of
Paul s theologizing---all the while keeping in mind the particular
context of first-century Christianity. Filled with images, maps,
charts, and questions for further study and discussion, Thinking
through Paul is both engaging and easy-to-follow, making it the
perfect choice for classrooms and for interested readers."
Understanding associations in the Greco-Roman world enhances the
study of the rise of early Christianity-whether at the micro-level
of interpreting particular texts or at the macro-level of assessing
the spread of Christ-devotion in the pre-Constantinian era. The
twenty-five contributions contained within Greco-Roman
Associations, Deities, and Early Christianity enlarge our
perspectives on the extent to which Greco-Roman associations bring
features of Christian origins into relief. Thematic studies include
associational social reputation; women in associations; deities and
devotion; financial strategies of group maintenance; care for the
poor; varieties of group identity; refinements of terminological
and conceptual apparatus; funerary practices; occupational groups;
and the alleged role of Christianity in the demise of associations.
Studies of particular phenomena include 1 Thessalonians, 1
Corinthians, Paul's Collection, Hebrews, a late first-century
Christian family, 1 Clement, and Clement of Alexandria. While the
essays cover a wide spectrum of topics, they retain a clear focus
on aspects of corporate life within ancient associations as
comparanda for the study of early Christ-groups within their social
milieu. These essays, all kept to a disciplined length, represent
the work of impressive scholars from a range of interdisciplinary,
intergenerational, and international contexts. The volume's
symposium of voices and lively scholarly exchange productively
expand current conversations about Greco-Roman associations,
deities, and early Christianity.
This beautifully designed, full-color textbook introduces the Roman
background of the New Testament by immersing students in the life
and culture of the thriving first-century towns of Pompeii and
Herculaneum, which act as showpieces of the world into which the
early Christian movement was spreading. Bruce Longenecker, a
leading scholar of the ancient world of the New Testament,
discusses first-century artifacts in relation to the life stories
of people from the Roman world. The book includes discussion
questions, maps, and 175 color photographs. Additional resources
are available through Textbook eSources.
St Paul was a pivotal and controversial figure in the fledgling
Jesus movement of the first century. The New Cambridge Companion to
St Paul provides an invaluable entryway into the study of Paul and
his letters. Composed of sixteen essays by an international team of
scholars, it explores some of the key issues in the current study
of his dynamic and demanding theological discourse. The volume
first examines Paul's life and the first-century context in which
he and his communities lived. Contributors then analyze particular
writings by comparing and contrasting at least two selected
letters, while thematic essays examine topics of particular
importance, including how Paul read scripture, his relation to
Judaism and monotheism, why his message may have been attractive to
first-century audiences, how his message was elaborated in various
ways in the first four centuries, and how his theological discourse
might relate to contemporary theological discourse and ideological
analysis today.
In Rhetoric at the Boundaries, Bruce W. Longenecker explores the
way in which New Testament authors used an ancient rhetorical
device to effect smooth transitions, both large and small. His
study demonstrates how recognition of this rhetorical technique
proves decisive for New Testament interpretation. Longenecker
accomplishes this by examining the evidence for chain-link
interlocks in a variety of ancient sources, including the Hebrew
scriptures, Jewish and Roman authors of the Graeco-Roman world, and
the Graeco-Roman rhetoricians. He then applies the results of the
survey to fifteen problematic passages of the New Testament. In
each case, Longenecker establishes the presence of chain-link
interlock and highlights the structural, literary, and theological
significance of the rhetorical device for New Testament
interpretation.
St Paul was a pivotal and controversial figure in the fledgling
Jesus movement of the first century. The New Cambridge Companion to
St Paul provides an invaluable entryway into the study of Paul and
his letters. Composed of sixteen essays by an international team of
scholars, it explores some of the key issues in the current study
of his dynamic and demanding theological discourse. The volume
first examines Paul's life and the first-century context in which
he and his communities lived. Contributors then analyze particular
writings by comparing and contrasting at least two selected
letters, while thematic essays examine topics of particular
importance, including how Paul read scripture, his relation to
Judaism and monotheism, why his message may have been attractive to
first-century audiences, how his message was elaborated in various
ways in the first four centuries, and how his theological discourse
might relate to contemporary theological discourse and ideological
analysis today.
Rudolf Bultmann's Theology of the New Testament has stood the
test of time. At the very moment modernity was threatening to
splinter New Testament studies into a myriad of isolated
disciplines, Bultmann was somehow able to hold history, exegesis,
and theology together. Theology of the New Testament was, and still
is, the definitive theological statement of a high modernist
critic. In it Bultmann was as relentless in his historical
judgments as he was unapologetic in laying bare the New Testament's
existential claims.
Beyond Bultmann puts Bultmann's classic Theology of the New
Testament to a new test. Thirteen contemporary New Testament
scholars subject Bultmann's Theology to a comprehensive new
reading. This fresh, critical examination of Bultmann not only
places his magisterial work in a new context but also reveals the
enduring features of Bultmann's achievement. Beyond Bultmann
demonstrates that Theology of the New Testament, far from being a
relic in the museum of interpretation, still speaks today despite
its flaws.
Synopsis: In this refreshingly unique book, Bruce Longenecker
demonstrates that reading Luke's narrative is richly enhanced
through attentiveness to what is tantalizingly left out of the
Lukan narrative. In Hearing the Silence, the reader is invited to
delve deeply into literary and theological dimensions of the Lukan
narrative through an exploration of Jesus' strangely under-narrated
"escape" in Luke 4:30. The options for interpreting the mechanics
of that curious event are brought into dramatic relief by
Longenecker's survey of the scene's reconstruction in Jesus-novels
and Jesus-films, in which a variety of strategies have been
employed to iron out the scene's narrative oddity. Against their
backdrop, Longenecker's own constructive proposals bring the reader
into direct contact with some of the most significant features of
the Lukan Gospel and worldview. Endorsements: "'But the dog did not
bark ' Sherlock noted. Now Bruce Longenecker, with a similar steely
detective-like resolve, explores one of the most perplexing
silences in the Gospel of Luke. Specifically, what actually
happened to Jesus on the edge of a hill in Nazareth, that he was
able to walk away scot free from an angry mob? With literary
sensitivity, Longenecker demonstrates how the silence of details
actually speaks volumes . . . God is at work to reveal the
liberating power of the kingdom of God by preserving the messianic
deliverer in the midst of evil. An engaging read " --Michael Bird
Professor of Theology and Bible, Crossway College, Brisbane,
Australia Author of Colossians and Philemon: A New Covenant
Commentary (Cascade, 2009) "This is an entertaining book with a
serious point. Longenecker takes his readers on a captivating
journey from the absurd to the sublime. Focusing on a single 'gap'
in the text of Luke's Gospel, he starts with novelistic attempts at
filling it (the absurd) and ends with deft reflections on how Luke
crafts a narrative Christology (the sublime). With this highly
innovative approach, Longenecker deepens our appreciation of Luke's
Gospel, while also bearing testimony to the mystery of Christ."
--George Hunsinger Hazel Thompson McCord Professor of Systematic
Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary Editor of Thy Word Is
Truth: Barth on Scripture (2012) "Longenecker proposes a
'christological arc' for hearing Luke's narrative as a whole: the
one who undergoes the eucatastrophic 'escape' from the enraged
townsfolk of Nazareth and is 'taken up' by divine custody from his
death by his nation to fill out the greater, overarching blessing
to Israel and the nations. The author's wit and imagination for
filling in the 'gap' of Luke 4:30 through the . . . 'arc' of Psalm
91 outsmarts even the most creative Jesus novelists . . . in making
sense of Jesus' mysterious 'passing through their
midst'--stimulating, provocative, a delight to read " --David P.
Moessner A. A. Bradford Chair of Religion for Biblical Studies,
Texas Christian University, Fort Worth Author Biography: Bruce W.
Longenecker is Professor of New Testament and the W. W. Melton
Chair of Religion in the Department of Religion at Baylor
University, Texas.
Combining historical, exegetical, and theological interests, Bruce
Longenecker here dispels the widespread notion that Paul had little
or no concern for the poor. Longnecker's analysis of Greco-Roman
poverty provides the backdrop for a compelling presentation of the
importance of care for the poor within Paul's theology and the
Jesus-groups he had established. Along the way, Longenecker calls
into question a variety of interpretive paradigms -- such as Steven
J. Friesen's 2004 poverty scale -- and offers a fresh vision in
which Paul's theological resources are shown to be both
historically significant and theologically challenging.
Engaging Economics exposes economic dimensions of the theology of
the early Jesus movement, as reflected both in the texts of the New
Testament and in the reception of those texts within the patristic
era. Under these two considerations, the contributors demonstrate
that an economic dimension was an integral component of this early
movement and indicate how, in later centuries, that economic
dimension was either further developed or ignored altogether.
Are Paul's letters undergirded and informed by key narratives,
and does a heightened awareness of those narratives help us to gain
a richer and more rounded understanding of Paul's theology? The
last two decades of the twentieth century witnessed an increasing
interest in the narrative features of Paul's thought. A variety of
studies since that period have advanced "story" as an integral and
generative ingredient in Paul's theological formulations. In this
book, a team of leading Pauline scholars assesses the strengths and
weaknesses of a narrative approach, looking in detail at its
application to particular Pauline texts.
The first three hundred years of the common era witnessed critical
developments that would become foundational for Christianity
itself, as well as for the societies and later history that emerged
thereafter. The concept of 'ancient Christianity,' however, along
with the content that the category represents, has raised
much debate. This is, in part, because within this category lie
multiple forms of devotion to Jesus Christ, multiple phenomena, and
multiple permutations in the formative period of Christian history.
Within those multiples lie numerous contests, as varieties of
Christian identity laid claim to authority and authenticity in
different ways. The Cambridge History of Ancient Christianity
addresses these contested areas with both nuance and clarity by
reviewing, synthesizing, and critically engaging recent scholarly
developments. The 27 thematic chapters, specially commissioned for
this volume from an international team of scholars, also offer
constructive ways forward for future research.
In these volumes, Timothy Brookins and Bruce Longenecker provide a
foundational analysis of the Greek text of 1 Corinthians.
Distinguished by the detailed yet comprehensive attention paid to
the Greek text, 1 Corinthians is a convenient pedagogical and
reference tool that explains the form and syntax of the biblical
text, offers guidance for deciding between competing semantic
analyses, engages important text-critical questions, and addresses
questions relating to the Greek text that are frequently overlooked
or ignored by standard commentaries. Beyond serving as a succinct
and accessible analytic key, 1 Corinthians also reflects the most
recent advances in scholarship on Greek grammar and linguistics. By
filling the gap between popular and technical commentaries, these
handbooks become indispensable tools for anyone committed to a deep
reading of the biblical text.
In these volumes, Timothy Brookins and Bruce Longenecker provide a
foundational analysis of the Greek text of 1 Corinthians.
Distinguished by the detailed yet comprehensive attention paid to
the Greek text, 1 Corinthians is a convenient pedagogical and
reference tool that explains the form and syntax of the biblical
text, offers guidance for deciding between competing semantic
analyses, engages important text-critical questions, and addresses
questions relating to the Greek text that are frequently overlooked
or ignored by standard commentaries. Beyond serving as a succinct
and accessible analytic key, 1 Corinthians also reflects the most
recent advances in scholarship on Greek grammar and linguistics. By
filling the gap between popular and technical commentaries, these
handbooks become indispensable tools for anyone committed to a deep
reading of the biblical text.
Through a twist of fate, the eruption that destroyed Pompeii in 79
CE also preserved a wealth of evidence about the town, buried for
centuries in volcanic ash. Since the town's excavations in the
eighteenth century, archaeologists have disputed the evidence that
might attest the presence of Christians in Pompeii before the
eruption. Now, Bruce W. Longenecker reviews that evidence, in
comparison with other possible evidence of first-century Christian
presence elsewhere, and reaches the conclusion that there were
indeed Christians living in the doomed town. Illustrated with maps,
charts, photographs, and line drawings depicting artefacts from the
town, The Crosses of Pompeii presents an elegant case for their
presence. Longenecker's arguments require dramatic changes to our
understanding of the early history of Christianity.
This book brings together, for the first time, the relevant
material evidence demonstrating Christian use of the cross prior to
Constantine. Bruce W. Longenecker upends a longstanding consensus
that the cross was not a Christian symbol until Constantine
appropriated it to consolidate his power in the fourth century.
Longenecker presents a wide variety of artifacts from across the
Mediterranean basin that testify to the use of the cross as a
visual symbol by some pre-Constantinian Christians. Those artifacts
interlock with literary witnesses from the same period to provide a
consistent and robust portrait of the cross as a pre-Constantinian
symbol of Christian devotion. The material record of the
pre-Constantinian period illustrates that Constantine did not
invent the cross as a symbol of Christian faith,- for an impressive
number of Christians before Constantine's reign, the cross served
as a visual symbol of commitment to a living deity in a dangerous
world.
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