Paul's early period : chronology, mission strategy, theology /
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| Author / Creator: | Riesner, Rainer, 1950- |
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| Imprint: | Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans, c1998. |
| Description: | xvi, 535 p. : maps ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2955199 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: Chronologies and Theologies
- 1.. Status of Scholarship: A Survey
- 1.1.. From Multiplicity to Relative Consensus
- 1.2.. Preservation of the Framework of Acts
- 1.3.. Corrective to the Framework of Acts
- 1.4.. Abandonment of the Framework of Acts
- 1.5.. New Clarity?
- 2.. Further Procedure
- 2.1.. Methodological Considerations
- 2.2.. Division
- I.. Early Pauline Chronology: from Jerusalem to Achaia
- 3.. The Crucifixion of Jesus
- 3.1.. The Possible Time Frame
- 3.2.. References in the Gospels
- 3.3.. The Day of the Crucifixion
- 3.4.. The Early Christian Tradition
- 3.5.. The Most Probable Date
- 4.. Persecution of Stephen and Conversion
- 4.1.. The Time of the Persecution of Stephen
- 4.2.. The Year of the Conversion
- 4.3.. The Chronological Nexus
- 5.. Flight from Damascus
- 5.1.. 2 Corinthians 11:32-33
- 5.2.. The Nabatean King Aretas IV
- 5.3.. Damascus and the Nabateans
- 5.4.. The Ethnarch of Aretas
- 5.5.. Chronological Findings
- 6.. The Religious Policies of Claudius
- 6.1.. The Personality and Work of the Emperor
- 6.2.. Measures Taken upon Assuming Power
- 6.3.. Subsequent Developments
- 6.4.. Restoration of Roman Religion
- 7.. Mission to the Gentiles and Persecution
- 7.1.. The Beginnings of the Mission to the Gentiles
- 7.2.. Persecution under Agrippa I
- 7.3.. Chronological Sequence
- 8.. Famine and Apocalyptic Prophecy
- 8.1.. Acts 11:27-28
- 8.2.. Famine under Claudius
- 8.3.. Chronological Implications
- 9.. The Cypriot Proconsul Sergius Paullus
- 9.1.. Acts 13:6-12
- 9.2.. Extrabilical Evidence for Sergius Paullus?
- 9.3.. Sergius Paullus and Paul
- 9.4.. Chronological Conclusions
- Excursus I. Paul's Roman Citizenship
- 10.. Claudius' Roman Edict concerning the Jews
- 10.1.. Sources and Problems
- 10.2.. Suetonius
- 10.3.. Dio Cassius
- 10.4.. The Relationship between the Accounts of Suetonius and Dio Cassius
- 10.5.. Paulus Orosius
- 10.6.. Additional Sources?
- 10.7.. Acts
- 10.8.. Circumstances and Time of the Anti-Jewish Edict
- 11.. Paul and Gallio
- 11.1.. The Achaian Proconsulate of Gallio
- 11.2.. The Trial before Gallio in Corinth
- 12.. Later Chronology
- 12.1.. Paul in Ephesus
- 12.2.. The Journey to Jerusalem for Pentecost
- 12.3.. The Egyptian Agitator
- 12.4.. Paul before Felix and Festus
- 12.5.. Transport to Rome
- II.. Stages of Pauline Missionary Strategy
- Interim Considerations: Geographic Sequences in Paul's Letters
- 13.. The Beginning of the Mission
- 13.1.. Calling to the Gentile Mission
- 13.2.. Geographic Framework of the Mission
- 13.3.. Paul in Arabia
- 13.4.. Jerusalem as Point of Departure for the Gentile Mission
- 14.. Pushing Forward to the Northwest
- 14.1.. Syro-Cilicia
- 14.2.. Early Mission in Greece?
- 14.3.. Transition to Antioch
- 14.4.. Mission on Cyprus
- 14.5.. Pushing Forward to Galatia
- 15.. The Way West
- 15.1.. Effects of the Apostolic Council
- 15.2.. Altered Routes in Asia Minor
- 15.3.. Initial Activity in Europe
- 15.4.. Closing a Gap: Asia
- 15.5.. Via Greece and Jerusalem to Rome and Spain
- 15.6.. The Fulfilled Mission in the East
- 16.. The Apostle's Rate of Travel
- 16.1.. Wintering
- 16.2.. Land Journeys
- 16.3.. Sea Journeys
- 17.. Attempt at a Chronological Synthesis
- 17.1.. Acts and the Letters of Paul
- 17.2.. Chronology and Autopsy
- Excursus II. Acts and World History
- III.. Early Pauline Theology: The Apostle and the Church in Thessalonica
- 18.. Apology for Abrupt Departure
- 18.1.. Thessalonica at the Time of Paul
- 18.2.. The Founding of the Christian Community
- 18.3.. Persecution of the Community
- 18.4.. The Apostle's Flight
- 18.5.. Chronological Evaluation
- 18.6.. Acts and 1 Thessalonians
- 18.7.. The Necessity of Written Justification
- 19.. Christians under the Pressure of a Pagan Metropolis
- 19.1.. Problems of Alienation among Converts
- 19.2.. Threats from Pagan Cults
- 19.3.. Social Unrest and Political Pressure
- 20.. A Concrete Eschatological Question
- 20.1.. Yearnings for the Beyond in Thessalonica
- 20.2.. The Thessalonians' Problem
- 20.3.. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 and 1 Corinthians 15:51f
- 20.4.. Retrospective Chronological Conclusions?
- 21.. Absent Doctrine of Justification?
- 21.1.. Pauline Nomology and Chronology
- 21.2.. The Communication Situation
- 21.3.. Presupposed Doctrinal Points
- 21.4.. Antiochene and/or Pauline Theology
- Excursus III. The Unity of 1 Thessalonians
- Summary: Chronology and Theology
- Appendix. Illustrations
- Illustration 1. Family Tree of the Sergii
- Illustration 2. Damascus
- Illustration 3. Thessalonica
- Bibliography
- 1.. Sources and Auxiliary Works
- 2.. Commentaries
- 3.. Monographs
- Indexes
- 1.. Authors
- 2.. Names and Subjects
- 3.. Scripture and Other Ancient Writings