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"This study investigates why "faith" (pistis/fides) was so important to early Christians that the concept and praxis dominated the writings of the New Testament. It argues that such a study must be interdisciplinary, locating emerging Christianities in the social practices and mentalites of contemporary Judaism and the early Roman empire. This can, therefore, equally be read as a study of the operation of pistis/fides in the world of the early Roman principate, taking one small but relatively well-attested cult as a case study in how micro-societies within that world could treat it distinctively. Drawing on recent work in sociology and economics, the book traces the varying shapes taken by pistis/fides in Greek and Roman human and divine-human relationships: whom or what is represented as easy or difficult to trust or believe in; where pistis/fides is "deferred" and "reified" in practices such as oaths and proofs; how pistis/fides is related to fear, doubt and scepticism; and which foundations of pistis/fides are treated as more or less secure. The book then traces the evolution of representations of human and divine-human pistis in the Septuagint, before turning to pistis/pisteuein in New Testament writings and their role in the development of early Christologies (incorporating a new interpretation of pistis Christou) and ecclesiologies. It argues for the integration of the study of pistis/pisteuein with that of New Testament ethics. It explores the interiority of Graeco-Roman and early Christian pistis/fides. Finally, it discusses eschatological pistis and the shape of the divine-human community in the eschatological kingdom"--
Faith --- Christianity and culture --- Church history --- Christianity and other religions --- Religion. --- Glaube. --- Frühchristentum. --- Tro. --- Fornkyrkan. --- History of doctrines --- History --- Roman. --- Romerska riket. --- Römisches Reich. --- 225.08*3 --- Theologie van het Nieuwe Testament: themata --- 225.08*3 Theologie van het Nieuwe Testament: themata --- Römisches Reich --- Faith - History of doctrines - Early church, ca. 30-600. --- Christianity and culture - History - Early church, ca 30-600 --- Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. --- Christianity and other religions - Roman. --- Frühchristentum. --- Römisches Reich.
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Terms like 'witness' and 'testimony' occur frequently in religious contexts and have special significance there, culminating in the development of the Greek martus (witness) into the English 'martyr'. They also have a legal context, and Professor Trites examines their use in the New Testament in the light of ancient legal practice. The author argues that the idea of witness is a live metaphor in the New Testament, to be understood in terms of the Old Testament legal assembly, though the Greek lawcourts are also relevant. The witness theme is developed in a sustained way in John, Acts and Revelation, and is also used in the Synoptic Gospels, the Pastoral and General Epistles, and Hebrews. In contexts of persecution and suffering the forensic metaphors tend to be identified with military ones, but in principle they are quite distinct. Professor Trites contends that the idea of witness in relation to Christ and his gospel plays an essential part in the New Testament and in Christian faith and life generally.
Witness bearing (Christianity) --- Witnesses --- Biblical teaching --- 225.08*3 --- -Witnesses --- -#GROL:SEMI-225.08*3 --- #GROL:SEMI-225<08> Soci 31 --- Testimony --- Evidence (Law) --- Eyewitness identification --- Bearing witness (Christianity) --- Personal evangelism --- Testimony (Christianity) --- Witnessing for Christ --- Apologetics --- Evangelistic work --- Theologie van het Nieuwe Testament: themata --- 225.08*3 Theologie van het Nieuwe Testament: themata --- #GROL:SEMI-225.08*3 --- Bible --- Arts and Humanities --- Religion --- Witness bearing (Christianity) - Biblical teaching --- Witnesses - Biblical teaching --- Biblical teaching.
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The Gospels record that Jesus purported to forgive sins. What significance would such a claim have had for his contemporaries and what would the implications have been for his identity as a first-century popular prophet? Tobias Hägerland answers these questions and more as he investigates the forgiveness of sins in the mission of the historical Jesus. The Gospels are interpreted within the context of first-century Judaism as part of a broader reconstruction of Jesus' career as a healer and prophet, and rhetorical criticism is introduced as a tool for explaining how the gospel tradition about Jesus and forgiveness developed. Hägerland combines detailed exegesis and rigorous methodology with a holistic view of the historical Jesus, evaluating recent scholarship about first-century Jewish prophets and utilizing previously neglected textual evidence to present a thorough investigation of the theology of forgiveness in early Judaism and primitive Christianity.
Forgiveness of sin. --- Forgiveness --- Religious aspects --- Christianity. --- Jesus Christ --- Person and offices. --- Bible. --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- 225.08*3 --- Theologie van het Nieuwe Testament: themata --- 225.08*3 Theologie van het Nieuwe Testament: themata --- Forgiveness of sin --- Unforgiveness --- Conduct of life --- Absolution --- Amnesty --- Clemency --- Pardon --- Sin, Forgiveness of --- Sin --- Religious aspects&delete& --- Christianity --- Christ --- Cristo --- Jezus Chrystus --- Jesus Cristo --- Jesus, --- Jezus --- Christ, Jesus --- Yeh-su --- Masīḥ --- Khristos --- Gesù --- Christo --- Yeshua --- Chrystus --- Gesú Cristo --- Ježíš --- Isa, --- Nabi Isa --- Isa Al-Masih --- Al-Masih, Isa --- Masih, Isa Al --- -Jesus, --- Jesucristo --- Yesu --- Yeh-su Chi-tu --- Iēsous --- Iēsous Christos --- Iēsous, --- Kʻristos --- Hisus Kʻristos --- Christos --- Jesuo --- Yeshuʻa ben Yosef --- Yeshua ben Yoseph --- Iisus --- Iisus Khristos --- Jeschua ben Joseph --- Ieso Kriʻste --- Yesus --- Kristus --- ישו --- ישו הנוצרי --- ישו הנצרי --- ישוע --- ישוע בן יוסף --- المسيح --- مسيح --- يسوع المسيح --- 耶稣 --- 耶稣基督 --- 예수그리스도 --- Jíizis --- Yéshoua --- Iėsu̇s --- Khrist Iėsu̇s --- عيسىٰ --- Evangelie (Book of the New Testament) --- Fukuinsho (Books of the New Testament) --- Gospels (Books of the New Testament) --- Gospels, Synoptic (Books of the New Testament) --- Synoptic Gospels (Books of the New Testament) --- عيسىٰ --- Arts and Humanities --- Religion --- Forgiveness - Religious aspects - Christianity. --- Jesus Christ - Person and offices.
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