Colossians: An Earth Bible Commentary

An Eco-Stoic Reading

AvVictoria S. Balabanski,Norman C. Habel

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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Vicky Balabanski analyses Colossians as a co-authored letter, written during Paul’s Roman imprisonment by Timothy with the input of Epaphras, and sent with Paul’s introductory and concluding greetings.Balabanski sees remarkable resonances between the cosmology of this letter and that of Stoic thought, the most widely held philosophy in first century Asia Minor. Drawing upon the way Stoic thinkers saw the divine Spirit permeating reality and sought to attune their lives to the Logos, divine reason, she argues that the Logos of Christ – the Gospel – was welcomed by small groups of people shaped by Stoic thought, and they experienced Christ as the visible expression of the One God who permeates reality.The Letter to the Colossians has the highest view of Christ of any of the New Testament writings, and its theology of divine permeation invites us to notice the ecological potential of this letter. This Eco-Stoic reading brings contemporary ecological questions into dialogue with the distinctive Christology and cosmology of the letter.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-09-23
Mått:154 x 232 x 14 mm
Vikt:340 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Earth Bible Commentary
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9780567702142

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Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

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Vicky Balabanski is Associate Professor at Flinders University South Australia, the Adelaide College of Divinity and Uniting College for Leadership and Theology. She is an editor of the Earth Bible project.

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From Balabanski’s erudite commentary on Colossians, one learns much about the historical, sociocultural, and intellectual context of western Asia Minor in the first century CE, one is drawn into a deeper appreciation of key thematic emphases of the letter to Colossae, one encounters sagacious hermeneutical engagement with a profound New Testament document in view of a major challenge in our day, and one witnesses how biblical interpretation may tap imagination no less than intellect. This volume in the Earth Bible Commentary marks a significant contribution to biblical scholarship that will, I hope, inform discussion of Colossians well into the future.

Innehållsförteckning

List of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroductionChapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3Chapter 4Chapter 5Chapter 6Chapter 7Chapter 8Chapter 9ConclusionBibliographyIndices