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Ip, Alex Hon Ho

 
9781666707465: Loving Resistance and Resistance Through Love: A Multilayered Reading of Paul's Teaching and Loving Testimony in the Letter to Philemon
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ISBN 10 : 1666707465 ISBN 13 : 9781666707465
Editeur : Resource Publications (CA), 2022

Synopsis

The Letter to Philemon is one of the most beautiful rhetorical letters written by Paul--and yet, at the same time, perhaps the most underread letter in the New Testament. Paul wrote this letter out of love, hoping to persuade the slave master Philemon to choose compassion rather than follow the typical Roman attitudes towards slaves; to treat Onesimus as a brother in Christ rather than as an inferior, subhuman chattel. This letter is not only theologically important but also important in a practical sense because it is more than mere words--it is a testimony. In order for readers to better appreciate the true depth of the meanings in the letter, this book is written in a rather creative way. Each chapter begins with a selected scene from the movie Les Miserables, to introduce the key theme of the chapter. Then the author will interpret the details of the text of the letter and the other relevant texts in the Pauline corpus. The final section of each chapter is a creative story, based on the text and historical context. The purpose of inventing these creative stories is to help readers better grasp the historical context and, most importantly, the rhetoric in the letter.

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À propos de l'auteur

Alex Ip is assistant professor of New Testament at Divinity School of Chung Chi College in the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is the author of A Socio-rhetorical Interpretation of the Letter to Philemon in Light of New Institutional Economics: An Exhortation to Transform a Master-Slave Economic Relationship into a Brotherly-Love Relationship (2017). Ip served as CEO of a poverty caring NGO before he became a university professor.

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Éditeur
Resource Publications (CA)
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1666707465
ISBN 13 
9781666707465
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
108
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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