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All the main issues for reading the New Testament are covered in
this exciting new introduction by one of the world's foremost
biblical scholars.
After looking at the basis of the Hindu understanding of the world,
this introductory account describes the world of the Hindu gods;
the Hindu scriptures; the castes, death, and rebirth; monks,
saints, and ascetics; and Hindu temples and worship. Herbert
Ellinger is the director of a pharmaceutical company. He has spent
many years in the far East and has a deep interest in religion and
philosophy.
Cullman's study is distinguished by its responsible exegesis and
its attention to the philosophical issues so often overlooked in
general books on prayer." -Sharyn Dowd, Lexington Theological
Seminary Oscar Cullman offers here the first complete treatment of
the New Testament doctrine and practice of prayer, a subject he
refers to as "the greatest gift of grace and a difficult task to be
learned." He comments on the difficulties of praying, objections to
prayer, prayer and human weakness, prayer in the Synoptic Gospels,
in Paul, in John, and in the rest of the New Testament. Oscar Cull
mann, Professor Emeritus of the Universities of Basel and Paris, is
one of the most distinguished New Testament scholars of the
twentieth century. Among his influential books are Christ and Time
(1951), The Christology of the New Testament (1959), and Unity
through Diversity (Fortress Press, 1988).
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