Colossians: An Introduction and Study Guide: Authorship, Rhetoric, and Code (T&T Clark’s Study Guides to the New Testament, 13)

Janice Capel Anderson

ISBN 10: 0567674649 / ISBN 13: 9780567674647

Published by T&T Clark, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Colossians: An Introduction and Study Guide: Authorship, Rhetoric, and Code (T&T Clark?s Study Guides to the New Testament, 13)
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0567674649
• ISBN 13: 9780567674647
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This guide introduces readers to key issues in the interpretation and reception of Colossians. Anderson first explores the issue of Pauline authorship. She challenges readers to reflect on why the question of authorship has dominated scholarship as well as why and how interpreters create “stories” about the letter. Second, Anderson
examines rhetoric and context. She asks readers to consider how the letter constructs and seeks to persuade its addressees past and present. She surveys several pictures of the first audience and “opponents.” Finally, Anderson delves into the functions of the Colossian household code, its reception, and the ethics of interpretation.

About the Authors

University of Idaho.

Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean, Professor of New Testament, Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709