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Dynamic oneness : the significance and flexibility of Paul's one-God language / Suzanne Nicholson.

By: Publisher: Cambridge, England : James Clarke & Co, 2011Copyright date: ©2010Description: 1 online resource (284 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780227903063
  • 0227903064
  • 1322045550
  • 9781322045559
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dynamic oneness : the significance and flexibility of Paul's one-God language.DDC classification:
  • 227/.06 23
LOC classification:
  • BS2650.52 .N53 2011eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Information; Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: The Need for Further Study; 2. The Function and Coherence of Paul's Monotheistic Concepts: 1 Corinthians 8:4-6; 3. The Superior Mediator: Galatians 3:20; 4. The People of the One God: Romans 3:30; 5. Conclusions: Dynamic Oneness in Paul's Thought; Bibliography; Back Cover.
Summary: The apostle Paul affirms in several places that there is only one God. Yet in the same letters Paul also gives praise to the Lord Jesus Christ, often using language similar to his descriptions of God. How can this self-avowed Hebrew of Hebrews reconcile these ideas? This book explores the strongest one-God statements in Paul's undisputed letters and asks how Paul's Jewish monotheistic understanding informs his overall argument. These three texts - 1 Corinthians 8:6, Galatians 3:20, and Romans 3:30 - occur in very different contexts and address different issues. By looking at the historical, cu.
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Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Information; Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: The Need for Further Study; 2. The Function and Coherence of Paul's Monotheistic Concepts: 1 Corinthians 8:4-6; 3. The Superior Mediator: Galatians 3:20; 4. The People of the One God: Romans 3:30; 5. Conclusions: Dynamic Oneness in Paul's Thought; Bibliography; Back Cover.

The apostle Paul affirms in several places that there is only one God. Yet in the same letters Paul also gives praise to the Lord Jesus Christ, often using language similar to his descriptions of God. How can this self-avowed Hebrew of Hebrews reconcile these ideas? This book explores the strongest one-God statements in Paul's undisputed letters and asks how Paul's Jewish monotheistic understanding informs his overall argument. These three texts - 1 Corinthians 8:6, Galatians 3:20, and Romans 3:30 - occur in very different contexts and address different issues. By looking at the historical, cu.

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