TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bird,Michael F.
TI  - Colossians & Philemon: a new covenant commentary 
T2  - New Covenant Commentary Series
SN  - 9780718842819
AV  - BS2715.53 .B573 2009eb
U1  - 227/.7077 23
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Cambridge, England
PB  - The Lutterworth Press
KW  - Bible
KW  - Colossians
KW  - Commentaries
KW  - Philemon
KW  - fast
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Biblical Studies
KW  - New Testament
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Paul's Letters
KW  - HISTORY / General
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright information; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction to Colossians and Philemon; Colossians; Letter Opening and Greeting (1:1-2); Thanksgiving and Intercession: The Prayer of Paul for the Colossians (1:3-14); The Supremacy of Messiah in Creation and Reconciliation: The Christ Hymn (1:15-20); Reconciliation and the Colossians (1:21-23); Paul's Service: Messianic Woes, Messianic Mission, and the Messianic Mystery (1:24-2:7); Engaging the Empty Deceit of a Mystic Judaism in a Hell enistic Philo sophical Garb (2:8-23); Transformed and Renewed: New Creation and the New Life (3:1-17)Christian Houses in Pagan Cities (3:18-4:1); Closing Wo rds of Exhortation from a Missionary Friend (4:2-18); Philemon; Letter Opening, Greeting, and Thanksgiving (1-7); The Pathos and Persuasion of the Apostle (8-22); Paul's Final Greetings to Philemon (23-25); Bibliography; Back Cover
N2  - Michael Bird's commentary on Colossians and Philemon in the New Covenant Commentary Series pays close attention to the socio-historical context, the flow and dynamics of the text, their argumentative strategy, theological message, and the meaning of Colossians and Philemon for the contemporary church today. Bird situates Colossians in the context of Paul's Ephesian ministry and describes how Paul attempts to persuade a congregation in the Lycus Valley to remain firm in the gospel and to grasp the cosmic majesty of Jesus Christ over and against the views of certain Jewish mystics who have throw
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