The Hope of Glory: Honor Discourse and New Testament Interpretation - Softcover

DeSilva, David A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1606084127 ISBN 13: 9781606084120

Publisher: Wipf and Stock, 2009

Synopsis

The Hope of Glory: Honor Discourse and New Testament Interpretation invites the reader to examine how the New Testament sought to shape the ambitions, behaviors, and social interactions of honor-sensitive people. How did these texts help the early Christians set their hearts on gaining honor and self-respect before God, and withstand society's pressure to return to its values? How may those who share commitment to Jesus support one another so as to offset society's erosion of their commitment? What is the source of the believer's honor, and how can he or she preserve it intact?

Chapters focus on the presence and rhetorical impact of honor and shame discourse in the Gospel of Matthew, the Gospel of John, the Thessalonian letters, the Corinthian letters, the Epistle to the Hebrews, and the Revelation of John.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"DeSilva brings some of the best results of social-scientific and rhetorical analyses of the New Testament out of the academic ghetto and . . . makes them available to non-specialists. . . . A real contribution to our understanding of early Christianity--and of ourselves."
--Luke Timothy Johnson, Candler School of Theology, Emory University

". . . focus on the influence of honor and shame principles in the ancient Mediterranean world has been less well defined . . . David deSilva's work on 'honor discourse' clarifies just how important honor and disgrace were to the peoples of this region. . . . Readers will appreciate both the degree of scholarly thoroughness in his treatment of ancient sources as well as the broad use of modern studies that effectively pull together current thinking on the New Testament world."
--Victor H. Matthews, Southwest Missouri State University

About the Author:

David A. deSilva (Ph.D., Emory University) is Trustees' Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Greek at Ashland Theological Seminary in Ohio and an ordained elder in the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church.  He is the author of over twenty books, including The Jewish Teachers of Jesus, James, and Jude (2012), Global Readings: A Sri Lankan Commentary on Paul's Letter to the Galatians (2011), Seeing Things John's Way: The Rhetoric of the Book of Revelation (2009), An Introduction to the New Testament: Contexts, Methods & Ministry Formation (2004),  Introducing the Apocrypha: Message, Context, and Significance (2002), and Perseverance in Gratitude: A Socio-rhetorical Commentary on the Epistle "to the Hebrews" (2000), as well as over one hundred journal articles and contributions to reference works and collections of essays.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1606084127
• ISBN 13: 9781606084120
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 246