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Although scholarship has noted the thematic importance of peace in Ephesians, few have examined its political character in a sustained manner throughout the entire letter. This book addresses this lacuna, comparing Ephesians with Colossians, Greek political texts, Dio Chrysostom’s Orations , and the Confucian Four Books in order to ascertain the rhetorical and political nature of its topos of peace. Through comparison with analogous documents both within and without its cultural milieu, this study shows that Ephesians can be read as a politico-religious letter “concerning peace” within the church. Its vision of peace contains common political elements (such as moral education, household management, communal stability, a universal humanity, and war) that are subsumed under the controlling rubric of the unity and cosmic summing up of all things in Christ.

Peace --- Paix --- Biblical teaching. --- Religious aspects --- Enseignement biblique --- Aspect religieux --- Dio, --- Bible. --- Si shu. --- Biblical teaching --- Bible --- Criticism, interpretation, etc --- 227.1*4 --- Brief van Paulus aan de Efesiërs --- Ebesosŏ (Book of the New Testament) --- Epheserbrief (Book of the New Testament) --- Ephesians (Book of the New Testament) --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- 227.1*4 Brief van Paulus aan de Efesiërs --- Ssu shu --- Kyŏngsŏ --- Sasŏ --- Sze shoo --- Seu-chou --- Se chou --- Sse-chou --- Four Books --- Quatre livres --- 四書 --- Sishu --- Da xue --- Zhong yong --- Peace - Biblical teaching --- Dio, - Chrysostom - Speeches

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Much scholarship has focused on Paul's insistence on Gentile membership of the people of God equally with Jews. Dr Yee's study of Ephesians 2 reveals how the distinctively Jewish world view of the author of Ephesians underlies this key text. He explores how the Ephesians' author provides a resolution to one of the thorniest issues regarding two ethnic groups in the earliest period of Christianity: can Jew and Gentile, the two estranged human groups, be one (people of God) and if so, how? Setting Ephesians 2 as fully as possible into its historical context, he describes some of the relevant Jewish features and demonstrates them, revealing many explosive but hidden issues. This book provides an important contribution to the continuing reassessment of Christian and Jewish self-understanding in regard to each other during the critical period of the latter decades of the first century CE.

Gentiles in the New Testament --- Gentils dans le Nouveau Testament --- Heidenen in het Nieuwe Testament --- Jews in the New Testament --- Joden in het Nieuwe Testament --- Juifs dans le Nouveau Testament --- Jews in the New Testament. --- Gentiles in the New Testament. --- 227.1*4 --- Brief van Paulus aan de Efesiërs --- 225*1 --- 225.09 --- Leven van Jezus Christus in het Nieuwe Testament. Historische Jezus Christus --- Parafrasen op het Nieuwe Testament. Bewerkingen van het Nieuwe Testament --- 227.1*4 Brief van Paulus aan de Efesiërs --- 225.09 Parafrasen op het Nieuwe Testament. Bewerkingen van het Nieuwe Testament --- 225*1 Leven van Jezus Christus in het Nieuwe Testament. Historische Jezus Christus --- Bible. --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Bible. N.T. Ephesians II --- Criticism, interpretation, etc --- Arts and Humanities --- Religion