Power in the New Testament /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: De Villiers, Pieter (Editor), Merz, Annette (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leuven ; Bristol, CT : Peeters, 2021.
Series:Contributions to biblical exegesis and theology ; 107.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: General Contributions
  • Perspectives on power and the New Testament / Jan Willem van Henten
  • The might of death and the power of God : some Biblical perspectives / Wim J.C. Weren
  • Cosmic power in pseudo-Arisstotle's De Mundo and the New Testament / Johan C. Thom
  • Part 2: Early Christian Writings on power
  • Compromising between two powers : the sayings Source Q and the Roman Empire / Mark R.C. Grundeken
  • The authority with which Jesus taught according to Matthew 7:29 / Fracois P. Viljoen
  • Authority as service : the role of the disciples in the Gospel according to Matthew / Hermie C. van Zyl
  • Paul and power : grids for framing claims / Jeremy Punt
  • The nexus between power, mission and implicit ethics in 1 Thessalonians / Jacobus (Kobus) Kok
  • Gendered power and the power of genre in the debate about women's roles in the Pastoral Letters and the Acts of Paul / Annette B. Merz
  • Power, powerlessness, and authorised power in 1 Timothy 2:8-15 / Rob van Houwelingen
  • The Apocalypse of John : power, patience, and prophetic witness / Paul B. Decock
  • Powerful prophets who stop the rain, turn water into blood and strike with plagues (Rev 11) : perspectives on power in Revelation / Pieter G.R. de Villiers.