Download or read book The Use and Transformation of Patronage in Early Christianity from Jesus of Nazareth to Paul of Samosata written by Alan Brent Wheatley and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Patronage in Early Christianity written by Alan B. Wheatley and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2011-04-14 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did the community we glimpse in the New Testament become an institution quite willing to have the emperor Constantine as a primary public partner? By tracing the use of resources, titles, and functions of leaders and patterns of honor giving, Wheatley traces from a wide variety of sources both acceptance and revision of Roman patronage in this countercultural community. Along the way, it is possible to see dissident groups like the Montanists and Marcionites more clearly and sympathetically, and to ask ourselves some pertinent questions about how a Christian community might function in the twenty-first century.
Download or read book Jesus Patrons and Benefactors written by Jonathan Marshall and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jonathan Marshall, born in 1978, earned his PhD in 2008. He has taught courses at Biola University (La Mirada, CA) and Eternity Bible College (Simi Valley, CA); currently, he serves as Associate Pastor in the Camarillo Evangelical Free Church (EFCA; Camarillo, CA).
Download or read book Dissertation Abstracts International written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Saint Paul Was Not Virgin Born written by Ronald Lee Cobb and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2020-09-14 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The title of this book may shock you. Of course Paul was not Virgin Born. Christians believe only Jesus of Nazareth was Virgin Born, but the reality is many people consider Paul as the "Great Lion of God." The Hebrew Scriptures prophesy the rise of the "Lion of the Tribe of Judah," which Christians believe is Jesus of Nazareth, descendant of King David and the true Messiah. This book does not demean Paul of Tarsus in spite of its title. It actually commends Paul of Tarsus for his incredible intelligence, wisdom, dedication, and vision. Yet in doing so it seeks to honor Jesus of Nazareth much more than Paul and honestly seeks to point out the humanity of Paul. The Hebrew Scriptures are incredibly honest about the weak points of leaders like Abraham and Moses, and kings like David and Solomon. The Four Gospels are incredibly honest about the weaknesses of the 12 Disciples of Jesus of Nazareth. Paul is incredibly honest about his own flaws. This book will help you see that Paul, sincere as he was, was just like everyone full of strengths and weaknesses but totally dedicated to Jesus of Nazareth.
Download or read book Directory of History Departments and Organizations in the United States and Canada written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 1028 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Saint Paul Jesus Christ and Christianity written by Jesus Humberto Enriquez Rubio MD and published by Palibrio. This book was released on 2014-07-16 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Catholic religion is a captivating institution which was built on the basis of touching, beautiful legends. Since ancient times, it has been managed by individuals who dedicate their entire life and time to maintaining and spreading this religion, which has become deeply rooted in western world family life. Each new family member is born, grows and is educated according to Catholic moral and dogmas, which thus represents the only natural way to perceive the world, both with regard to human and supernatural phenomena. Persons raised and educated in this manner are unable to fi nd and discover, on their own account, the truth with regard to God. They keep the doors of knowledge tightly shut, thus preventing other perceptions and possibilities from entering, although their religion is merely a beautiful legend that is very far from reality. The Catholic Religion has prevailed over the last two millennia thanks to the work and testimony represented by the austere lifestyle of an army of nuns and priests who, not only are they excluded from a payroll, but also engage in collecting funds all around the world. These funds continue to increase the wealth found in Vatican chests, thus increasing its fi nancial power as well as its political and economic infl uence. Such is the source feeding the power of the Roman Empire of the west, which is still alive and exercising its functions. This is where the church obtains such absolute power, infallibility and sanctity, as the Divine Caesar it represents. The churchs garments, lavishness, display of power as well as the gold exhibited in its quarters, are a representation of the Roman Empires power. This is entirely contradictory to the humility shown by the Virgin Mary and Joseph, her chaste husband, a story which the church itself has spread. You neednt words to understand this; you only need to closely appreciate the cover in this book
Download or read book Paul and Patronage written by Joshua Rice and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2013-07-22 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The question of how leadership and authority functioned in the Pauline church remains one of the most polarizing issues in New Testament scholarship today. On the one side are egalitarian and counterimperial readings that stake their interpretation of the liberating gospel upon a depiction of the Pauline church as radically countercultural with regard to leadership and authority. On the other side are authoritarian readings that just as easily conceive of Paul as fully embedded within the cultural conceptions and structures of leadership and authority in vogue across the Greco-Roman world. This study employs social-science criticism to construct a model of ancient patronage conventions and power-exchange dynamics in the Greco-Roman world, and this model is then applied to 1 Corinthians. This study finds that when Paul addresses his own apostolic relationship to the Corinthians, he tends toward reinscribing traditional hierarchies, but that when Paul addresses relationships between participants of the Corinthian assembly, he tends toward overturning them.
Download or read book Observations on the Conversion and Apostleship of St Paul written by George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton and published by . This book was released on 1814 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Saint Paul and the First Christian Missionaries written by Episcopal Church. Diocese of New York. Sunday School Commission and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book What Saint Paul Really Said written by N. T. Wright and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2014-09-05 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on various lectures given at various places and times.
Download or read book Observations on the Conversion and Apostleship of St Paul In a Letter to Gilbert West Esq A New Edition written by George Lyttelton (Baron Lyttelton.) and published by . This book was released on 1763 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book God as Father in Paul written by Abera M. Mengestu and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2013-08-28 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God as Father in Paul explores Paul's use of the kinship term "Father" to refer to God, along with related familial terms ("children" of God and Christ-followers as "brothers and sisters"), as part of a study of the use of kinship language in the identity formation of early Christianity. Mengestu argues that these kinship terms are shared modes of identity constructions within the wider textual and cultural settings (the Roman Empire, the Roman Stoic philosophers, the Hebrew Bible, and ancient Jewish literature) from which Paul draws on as well as contests. Employing theoretical (kinship and social identity theory) as well as interpretative approaches (imperial critical and narrative approaches to Paul), he contends that Paul uses God as Father consistently, strategically, and purposefully, in both stable and crisis situations, to develop a narrative, orienting framework(s) that images the community of Christ-followers as a family that belongs to God, who, together with the Lord Jesus Christ, bestows on them equal but diverse membership in the family. The narrative so constructed forms the foundation for referring to Christ-followers as "children of God" and "brothers and sisters" of one another. It constructs boundaries and serves as nexus of transformation and negotiation.
Download or read book What Saint Paul Really Said written by Nicholas Thomas Wright and published by Lion Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Man in Christ written by James S. Stewart and published by Pantianos Classics. This book was released on 1935 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Minister, teacher and author James Stewart reveals how Paul the Apostle developed the Christian religion in the 1st century AD, shedding light on the emergence of early Christianity. Informed by the author's scholarship, this superb book is based off a series of well-received lectures which the author delivered at the University of Edinburgh. The text is annotated at length, with incidences of the Bible's Greek and references to various sources from previous centuries. The flowing narration of Paul's progression from follower to great herald of Christianity, and the evolution of early Christian doctrines, is complimented in equal measure by the author's gifts for sermon writing and scholarship. Given that he is addressing events that took place millennia ago, Stewart takes care not to stray to rigidity or supposition: it is simply a fact that the history and records of the time have their limitations. The chief sources, for their authority, consist of the New Testament, including the Gospel of Jesus. An honesty underpins the text, which treats the moral and historical elements of Christianity with utmost respect. How the character and events of Christ's life came to be described, and Paul's role in the development of the Christian faith, is told with accuracy. In all, we find here an engrossing, well-written and convincing narrative of St. Paul, which explains and clarifies his role and importance in the formation of Christianity.
Download or read book Observations On The Conversion And Apostleship Of St Paul written by Baron George Lyttelton Lyttelton and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking work offers a fresh and insightful analysis of the conversion and apostleship of St. Paul, one of the most important figures in the history of Christianity. With detailed analysis and rich historical context, it is an essential resource for anyone seeking to better understand the life and teachings of this important biblical figure. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Origin of Paul s Religion 1921 written by J. Gresham Machen and published by . This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
