Thanksgiving : an investigation of a Pauline theme /
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| Author / Creator: | Pao, David W. |
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| Imprint: | Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, 2002. |
| Description: | 212 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | New studies in biblical theology ; 13 New studies in biblical theology (InterVarsity Press) ; 13. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4839802 |
Table of Contents:
- Series Preface
- Author's Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1. Thanksgiving as God-Centeredness
- Source and Traditions
- Epistolary Thanksgiving
- A Cross-Cultural Examination
- To Say "Thanks"
- Thanksgiving and Worship
- Thanksgiving as God-Centeredness
- 2. Thanksgiving Within the Covenantal Traditions
- God and His People
- The Past in Covenantal Traditions
- The Present in Covenantal Traditions
- The Future in Covenantal Traditions
- Paul and the Covenantal Traditions
- Thanksgiving and the Covenantal Traditions
- 3. Thanksgiving and Covenantal History
- Thanksgiving as Remembrance
- Remembrance as a Covenantal Act
- Confessing the Mighty Acts of God
- Climax of History
- "Do This in Remembrance of Me"
- The Pauline Gospel
- Divine Acts Through Human Agency
- Grace and Thanksgiving
- 4. A Life of Thanksgiving
- To Walk in Him
- Anti-Idol Polemic
- Thanksgiving Offering
- In All Circumstances
- Redefinition of the Structure of Authority
- Covenantal Relationship
- 5. Thanksgiving and the Future
- Faithful and Powerful God
- Bridging the Past and the Future
- Future as Grounds for Thanksgiving
- In Light of the Future
- 6. Ingratitude
- Rejection of the Mighty Acts of God
- Forgetting Their Lord and Worshiping Idols
- "Do Not Grumble, as Some of Them Did"
- "They Neither Glorified Him as God Nor Gave Thanks to Him"
- "Lovers of Themselves"
- Appendix: Pauline Thanksgiving and the Greco-Roman Benefaction System
- The Greco-Roman Patron-Client Network
- Gratitude in the Patron-Client Relationship
- Pauline Thanksgiving and the Patronage Model
- Bibliography
- Index of Modern Authors
- Index of Biblical References and Ancient Sources
- Index of Subjects