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The Gospel of John has been examined from many different
perspectives, but a comprehensive treatment of the theme of worship
in this Gospel has not yet appeared. John Paul Heil offers a
contribution toward a remedy of this deficiency by analyzing the
entire Gospel of John from the perspective of its various
dimensions of worship. The aim is to illustrate that three
different but complementary dimensions of worship - confessional,
sacramental, and ethical - dominate this Gospel. Indeed, these
different types of worship represent the ways one expresses and
demonstrates the faith that includes having divine life eternal,
which is the stated purpose for writing the signs Jesus did in this
Gospel - "that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of
God, and that, believing, you may have life in his name" ( John
20:31).
The Gospel of Matthew encourages and inspires its audience to
practice the true, authentic, and holistic worship required for
believers in Jesus to live in the kingdom of Heaven. In accordance
with all that Jesus taught and exemplified regarding authentic
worship, believers are invited to complement their worship of God
by worshipping and praying to Jesus, who, as God's beloved Son,
represents 'God with us'. They are also invited to complement their
ritual worship - especially the Baptism and Eucharist - instituted
for them by Jesus, with an ethical worship that extends to others,
especially to disciples, children, and 'the least ones' with whom
Jesus identifies himself, the mercy God desires for a holistic
worship. Indeed, a compassionate mercy toward all is the
distinctive and noteworthy hallmark that characterizes the theme of
worship in the kingdom of Heaven, according to the Gospel of
Matthew.
'1-3 John' treats the three letters of John as a unified epistolary
package. Taking a thorough and scholarly approach, John Paul Heil
proposes two important contributions to the study of 1-3 John.
First, he presents new comprehensive chiastic structures for each
of the three letters of John based on concrete linguistic evidence
in the text. These chiastic structures serve as the guide to a
better understanding of for whom John's epistles were meant, and
why they were written. Secondly, it treats these letters from the
point of view of their worship context and themes. Not only were
1-3 John intended to be performed orally as part of liturgical
worship, but together these three letters plead with their audience
to engage in a distinctive kind of ethical worship. The three
letters of John are most concerned with giving their audience the
experience of living eternally by the worship that consists of
loving God and one another.
The Letters of Paul as Rituals of Worship places the epistles of
Paul the Apostle in their original context as epistolary rituals of
worship. Paul is rightly considered a great missionary, evangelist,
teacher, preacher, and pastor; but people often ignore the fact
that his letters were written to be performed publicly in a
liturgical assembly. The letters frame the issues and problems that
Paul addresses through them within the context of public worship.
Heil analyses each of the thirteen letters attributed to Paul with
these considerations in mind, and offers an innovative new approach
that gives the reader a greater understanding of the original
purpose and meaning to Paul's letters. Using liturgical and
ritualistic language Paul worships through the letters themselves,
addressing the audience about theological concepts, particular
problems and pressing concerns. Understood in the biblical
tradition that dynamically combines liturgical and ethical worship,
Paul's letters transcend their immediate context and become
meaningful for the moral worship of everyday lives outside the
liturgical assembly. John Paul Heil is Professor of New Testament
at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. He is the
author of 'Ephesians: Empowerment to Walk in Love for the Unity of
All in Christ' (2007). 'When Heil calls the thirteen letters of
Paul 'rituals of worship', he means that each is written as a
script to be performed for a community gathered for worship over
which Paul presides through the letter, thereby evoking and sharing
in the prayer of his audience. Heil also explores how the language
of the letters uses imagery from temple worship metaphorically, to
interpret Christian life itself as worship. Heil manages to provide
a fresh, pastoral reading of the Pauline corpus as a whole'. Dennis
Hamm, S.J., Department of Theology, Creighton University
In his commentary, John Paul Heil presents two new proposals
regarding Paul's letter to the Galatians. First, he demonstrates an
entirely new chiastic structure embracing the entire letter, based
on strict linguistic and textual criteria rather than on conceptual
or theological themes. This chiastic structure accords with the
view that Galatians was originally performed orally in a setting of
communal worship. Second, Heil offers a new proposal for a key
theme that runs throughout Galatians, as expressed by the subtitle
of this book - 'Worship for Life by Faith in the Crucified and
Risen Lord'. Here, 'worship' is considered to be a comprehensive
concept that includes liturgical, cultic, or ritual worship as well
as the moral behaviour that is to complement it as ethical worship
in accord with the biblical tradition. 'Life' refers both to the
present way of living as well as to future eternal life. 'Faith'
refers to the acceptance of divine grace available to the believer
because of the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Description: John Paul Heil presents an original analysis of the
theme of worship in the book of Revelation guided by a new
illustration of its comprehensive chiastic structure. The worship
that Revelation exhorts and enables is in the divine Spirit of
prophetic witness against all forms of idolatrous worship on earth
in favor of a true, heavenly, and universal worship of the Lord God
and the Lord Jesus Christ, the Lamb, for an eternal and heavenly
life. The audience begins this worship in the eucharistic supper
into which Revelation leads them by inviting them to respond to the
promise of Jesus, ""Yes, I am coming soon,"" with ""Amen Come, Lord
Jesus "" They thereby affirm and welcome the coming of the Lord
Jesus, the exalted sacrificial Lamb, to the eucharistic supper that
anticipates his final coming and the divine grace, the gift of
eternal life, of the Lord Jesus that is intended to be the destiny
of all--""The grace of the Lord Jesus with all ""
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About the Contributor(s): John Paul Heil is Professor of New
Testament at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC.
He is the author of The Letter of James: Worship To Live By (2012).
Synopsis: This book proposes a new and comprehensive chiastic
structure as well as a new unifying theme for the Letter of James.
In accord with this structure that organizes its oral performance,
the words "worship to live by" express what the letter as a whole
is exhorting its audience to adopt. "Worship" includes not only
liturgical worship but also the ethical behavior that complements
it, so that the result is a holistic way of worshiping God. And the
words "to live by" embrace the worshipful conduct by which to live
out presently one's birth to a new life as a believer before the
final coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, with a view to the future
eternal life to be granted at the last judgment as the outcome of
such worship. In short, the Letter of James urges its audience to
practice the worship to live by now in order to live eternally.
Endorsements: "Although others have observed chiastic patterns in
the Letter of James, John Paul Heil focuses upon macro- and
microchiastic units determined primarily by linguistic parallels
rather than thematic ones. At the heart of James, as revealed by
its structure, Heil proposes a new unifying theme; that of 'worship
to live by.' Provocative and clearly written, this book deserves
consideration by all those interested in contemporary analyses of
the 'right strawy epistle.'" --Alicia J. Batten, PhD Professor,
Religious Studies Department, University of Sudbury Author, What
Are They Saying about the Letter of James? (2009) "In his latest
monograph, John P. Heil takes the reader on an innovative journey
through the text. Positing the letter to be composed of a series of
microchiasms . . . within an overall macrochiastic arrangement of
its content, Heil brilliantly makes the case that James has written
an epistolary homily . . . designed for oral performance with the
goal of persuading the audience to adopt 'worship to live by.' This
book is a treasure trove of insight that will leave the reader
surprised how easy it is to follow and accept Heil's conclusions."
--Peter Spitaler, ThD Associate Professor, New Testament Interim
Chair and Director, Graduate Program, Villanova University Author,
Universale Sunde von Juden und Heiden? (2006) "In his most recent
work, John P. Heil offers a decided contribution to studies on the
Letter of James. Based on previous research into chiastic
structures within a number of New Testament letters . . . Heil
demonstrates similar chiastic structures within the Letter of
James. Heil takes seriously James's oral performance as a sermon
delivered within the context of a worshipping community. This study
offers unique insight into the Letter of James through its call to
practice a holistic way of worship." --Fr. Patrick J. Hartin, PhD
Professor of Religious Studies, Gonzaga University Author, James
(2003) Author Biography: John Paul Heil is Professor of New
Testament at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC.
He is the author of The Letters of Paul as Rituals of Worship
(Cascade, 2011).
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