The Relationship of Ephesians and Colossians

1958 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 201-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Coutts
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
New Testament Studies ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

In a previous number of New Testament Studies (II(1957), 115–27), I argued that behind Ephesians i. 3–14 and I Peter i. 3–12 lie forms of liturgical prayer; that Ephesians as a whole might well be a Baptismal Encyclical; and that if this were so, the question of the priority of Colossians might have to be reconisdered.

,,… so dass ihr ein Vorbild geworden seid für alle Gläubigen in Makedonien und Achaia“: Übergemeindliche Verbindungen im 1Thessalonicherbrief : Teil I: Einführung und Vorkommen in 1Thessalonicher 1,1‐2,15

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-33
Author(s):  
Christoph W. Stenschke
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Active Part ◽  
Early Church ◽  
Local Churches ◽  
Central Theme ◽  
Thessalonians 1 ◽  
New Testament Studies ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

ZUSAMMENFASSUNGDieser Aufsatz untersucht die direkten und indirekten Hinweise auf übergemeindliche Verbindungen im 1Thessalonicherbrief. Nach einer knappen Einführung in die Bedeutung dieser Fragestellung für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft (Vergleichbarkeit von urchristlichen Gemeinden und antiken Vereinen, Rolle des Paulus, Einleitungsfragen) und methodischen Überlegungen (Verankerung des Paulus und seiner Mitarbeiter in Gemeinden) werden die Hinweise auf übergemeindliche Verbindungen in 1Thessalonicher 1,1‐2,15 untersucht. Ein besonderer Fokus liegt auf der Rolle, die Silvanus und Timotheus darin spielen. Sie sind in Gemeinden verankert, wirken in einer Vielzahl von Gemeinden und bilden ein wichtiges Verbindungsglied zwischen Gemeinden. Daneben thematisiert der Brief das Verhältnis der Thessalonicher zu anderen Christen. Im II. Teil dieses Aufsatzes werden die übrigen Vorkommen übergemeindlicher Verbindungen im 1Thessalonicherbrief behandelt. Nach einer Zusammenfassung werden abschließend die unterschiedlichen Implikationen für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und für die kirchliche Praxis skizziert.RÉSUMÉCet article étudie les références directes et indirectes aux liens entre communautés chrétiennes dans la première épître aux Thessaloniciens. Après une introduction sur l’importance de ce sujet pour les études néotestamentaires (la comparaison entre l’Église ancienne et les sociétés antiques, le rôle de Paul et autres questions d’introduction) et des réflexions méthodologiques (l’ancrage de Paul et de ses compagnons dans les Églises locales), les références à des liens potentiels entre communautés chrétiennes en 1 Thessaloniciens 1.1‐2.15 sont étudiées. L’auteur accorde une attention particulière au rôle joué par Silas et Timothée à cet égard. Ils oeuvrent dans le cadre d’Églises locales, prennent une part active à la vie d’une multitude d’Églises et constituent ainsi un lien important entre elles. En outre, la lettre aborde comme l’un de ses thèmes centraux celui des relations des chrétiens de Thessalonique avec d’autres chrétiens. La seconde partie de cet article traitera des relations avec des mouvements para-ecclésiastiques à partir de la même épître. Elle énoncera diverses implications de cette étude pour les études néotestamentaires et pour la pratique des Églises.SUMMARYThis essay investigates the direct and indirect references to connections between local churches in 1 Thessalonians. After a concise introduction into the relevance of this issue for New Testament studies (comparison between the early church and societies in antiquity, the role of Paul, matters of introduction) and methodological reflections (rootedness of Paul and his fellow workers in local churches), the references in 1 Thessalonians 1:1 ‐ 2:15 to potential connections between churches are analysed. Special attention is given to the roles of Silas and Timothy in this respect. They are rooted in local churches, they play an active part in many of them and they represent important links between them. Besides, a central theme in the Letter is the relationship of the Thessalonians to other Christians. Part II of this essay will deal with the remaining occurrences of relationships between churches in 1 Thessalonians. After the summary, various implications for New Testament studies and Church praxis will be sketched.

Beyond Identification of the Topos of Household Management: Reading the Household Codes in Light of Recent Methodologies and Theoretical Perspectives in the Study of the New Testament

2010 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Y. MacDonald
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Complete Understanding ◽  
Household Management ◽  
House Church ◽  
Early Christian ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Christian Families ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

From the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s New Testament scholars produced groundbreaking work illustrating that the household code had its origins in discussions of ‘household management’ among philosophers and moralists from Aristotle onward. Despite this general consensus, many points of disagreement remained, especially with respect to the function of the codes in particular New Testament documents and what the codes reveal about the relationship of Christians with the wider world. This article revisits some of the initial debates and traces their influence on subsequent scholarship. The recognition of the household codes as a type of ‘political’ discourse is of particular interest, as well as its impact on subsequent feminist, political and postcolonial interpretation. The conclusion suggests five promising directions, closely tied to the study of early Christian families, for future analysis of the codes leading to a more complete understanding of household management in a house-church setting.

scholarly journals Die opkoms en huidige stand van die Nuwe-Testamentiese ondersoek in Suid-Afrika: Deel 3 - ’n Kritiese evaluasie

1994 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. B. Du Toit
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
New Testament ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
Political Field ◽  
Faith And Reason ◽  
Positive Side ◽  
Current State ◽  
New Testament Studies ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
The Relationship

The rise and current state of New Testament research in South Africa: Part 3 - A critical evaluation First the pros and cons of the South African emphasis on methodology arw discussed. On the positive side a much greater sensitivity for methodological austerity has been developed. On the negative side New Testament research has not contributed enough towards serving theology and the church at large. In dealing with the problem of relevancy in the socio-political field, it is acknowledged that more should be done, without putting the specific character of New Testament studies in jeopardy. The burning issue of the relationship between faith and reason should be tackled. The correct approach seems to be respecting the tension between these two entities, while at the same time working and striving towards closing the gap between them.

Psalm 2:7 and the concept of περιχώρησις

2014 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-229
Author(s):  
Michael Straus
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Conceptual Analysis ◽  
Son Of God ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
The One ◽  
Psalm 2 ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Trinity

AbstractThis article takes as its springboard the well-known text of Psalm 2:7, in which the Psalmist – presumably David, king of Israel – refers to himself as a ‘begotten’ son of God by virtue of his Lord's decree. The article first explores various linguistic and theological options as to the identity of the ‘son’ to whom the passage refers; and analyses the relationship between that son and the one who is stated to have begotten him. In this context, the article addresses ways in which the passage more generally sheds light on the relationship between God and Israel, including through analysis of a number of fluctuating usages of singular and plural terms in the Old Testament to describe that relationship. Second, and against that background, the article examines texts in the New Testament which quote or refer to Psalm 2:7 to see whether they provide a better understanding of the nature of the relationship between the father and the son described in the Psalm; and further to see whether any enhanced understanding of that relationship reciprocally sheds light on the relationship of God the Father to God the Son as revealed in the New Testament. The article then seeks to determine whether these passages, taken as a whole, provide explicit, implicit, or proto-Trinitarian concepts in anticipation of those given fuller expression in orthodox Church doctrine. Finally, the article explores the concept of circumincession, or coinherence, John of Damascus’ highly abstracted and nearly poetic effort at the close of the Patristic era to provide an extra-biblical explanation of the relationship between the Father and the Son as well as the relationship among the three members of the Trinity. The article concludes by finding that his attempted articulation, and quite possibly all such efforts, will ultimately fail, leaving intact the mystery of the Trinity as one escaping, or rather surpassing, conceptual analysis.

scholarly journals Syntactic patterns of πᾶς as a quantifier in New Testament Greek

2021 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia L. Miller-Naudé ◽  
Jacobus A. Naudé
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Hebrew Bible ◽  
Word Order ◽  
Lexical Item ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Linguistic Terms ◽  
Universal Quantification ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

In linguistic terms, a quantifier is an item that appears with a noun to specify the number or amount of referents indicated by the noun. In English, various kinds of quantification are lexically differentiated—universal quantification (all), distributive quantification (each), and universal-distributive (every). In Greek, however, quantification is conveyed syntactically using primarily one lexical item, namely πᾶς. In this article, we examine the syntactic patterns of πᾶς as a quantifier from a linguistic point of view with attention to the determination of the noun (articular versus anarthrous), the number of the noun (singular versus plural) and the phrasal word order. We also examine the phenomenon of ‘floating’ quantification in which the quantifier moves to a new position in the noun phrase. Finally, we compare the patterns found in New Testament Greek with those of the quantifier כל in the Hebrew Bible in order to determine the extent and type of Semitic interference with respect to quantification in New Testament Greek grammar.Contribution: The syntactic patterns of πᾶς as a quantifier are identified and the semantic import of each pattern is described. The relationship of πᾶς to the quantifier כל in the Hebrew Bible shows evidence of Semitic interference in New Testament Greek grammar.

Die 2de en 3de gebruik van die sedewet?

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacobus De Wit de Koning
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Persian Period ◽  
Moral Law ◽  
New Developments ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
The Law ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

In this article, it is indicated that the Protestant teaching of the so-called second and third use of the moral law is not confirmed by Romans 3:31’s statement: “Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.” After looking at developments concerning the study of the role of the Torah that indicated a descriptive view rather than a prescriptive view thereof in Israel’s history, until a change to a more prescriptive view during the Persian period and thereafter, the relationship of faith and Torah in the Canonical Pentateuch came under scrutiny. Following this, new developments regarding Paul and the law were considered. Paul’s statement in Romans 3:31 was then examined in the context of Romans 2–4. After establishing the fact that this verse cannot be used to confirm the ongoing relevance of the law for the New Testament Christian concerning the knowledge of sin and rule for Christian living, it was tested against Galatians 3:12, which seems to contradict the findings on Romans 3:31. It was concluded that Paul indeed indicates that the truth of justification through faith is confirmed by the Torah itself and therefore the so-called second and third use of the moral law cannot be confirmed by Romans 3:31. Some implications of this conclusion are finally highlighted.

scholarly journals Paul and Africa?

2011 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Claude Loba-Mkole
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Present Article ◽  
New Testament ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Saint Paul ◽  
The World ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
New Testament Studies ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Significant Point

The relationship between Saint Paul and the continent of Africa has never been a significant point of discussion in the New Testament studies. The same can be observed about other continents, even if the study of the Pauline corpus touches on some countries of Europe and the Middle East. The present article was triggered by the invitation of the Catholic Church to celebrate the 3rd millennium of Paul’s birthday during the period of June 2008 – June 2009, which was declared as the Year of Paul all over the world. It raises and discusses the question of relevance of Paul to Africa and vice versa in the light of intercultural exegesis.

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