EphesiansThis study approaches the Epistle to the Ephesians in a radically different way from traditional commentaries. Rather than analysing each individual verse, Martin Kitchen examines the complete text within the framework of contemporary biblical criticism. He acknowledges the debt which biblical studies owes to historical method, while at the same time recognizing the need to view the Epistle against the background of recent literary approaches to New Testament texts. Ephesians also takes into account the important questions of whether the Epistle was written by St Paul and, if not, why it was written at all. |
Contents
The legacy of Paul | 21 |
Summing up | 35 |
Thanksgiving | 52 |
The worthy walk | 70 |
Walk differently in love and in light | 83 |
Walk wisely | 97 |
The armour of God | 112 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abbott Adversus Haereses apostle armour armour of God baptism Barth behaviour believers Benediction Bible body of Christ chapter christological church Colossians concept concern Corinthians corporate developed divine early Christian emphasis epistle epistle's eschatological ethical section evil exhortation expression faith Galatians Gnostic God's gospel grace Greek heavenlies Hebrew hellenistic hieros gamos historical holy Houlden household code human idea interpretation Irenaeus Israel Jesus Jew and Gentile Jewish Judaism kephalę language letter literary liturgical Lord marriage marriage imagery meaning moral notes parousia participle particular passage Paul Paul's Pauline Pauline tradition phrase possible powers prayer preaching present prophets Psalm pseudepigraphical Qumran readers reading reference regarded relationship religious resurrection rhetorical Romans sacrifice salvation says Schlier Schnackenburg scholars scriptures sense Septuagint significance Speyer Spirit submission summing Temple Testament Thanksgiving theological things in Christ tradition truth understanding understood unity verb verses virtues whole word worship writer of Ephesians