TY - BOOK ID - 79057928 TI - Colossians : encouragement to walk in all wisdom as holy ones in Christ. PY - 2010 SN - 9781589834859 9781589834842 PB - Atlanta Society of biblical literature DB - UniCat KW - Bible NT. Epistles of Paul. Colossians KW - 227.1*6 KW - 227.1*6 Brief van Paulus aan de Colossenzen. Brief van Paulus aan Philemon KW - Brief van Paulus aan de Colossenzen. Brief van Paulus aan Philemon KW - Bible. KW - Colossians (Book of the New Testament) KW - Kolosserbrief (Book of the New Testament) KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:79057928 AB - This book investigates Colossians as a "captivity" letter from the primary implied author, the imprisoned Paul, to an implied audience of mainly Gentile converts currently in danger of influence by local Jews or Jewish Christians. Utilizing a text-centered, literary-rhetorical, and audience-oriented method, it demonstrates new chiastic structures for the entire letter that progressively encourage the audience to resist deceit and conduct themselves according to all the wisdom at their disposal as holy ones in Christ. ER -