The Goal of Our Instruction
Subtitle: The Structure of Theology and Ethics in the Pastoral Epistles (Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement)
Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
Published: June 1989
Place of publication: Sheffield, England
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9781850752165
Subjects: Religion & Beliefs; Biblical Studies - New Testament; Religion - Biblical Studies; Religion
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part 1 : The background of the Pastoral Epistles.; title: The background of the Pastoral Epistles : the dimensions and effects of the heresy; title: Part 2 : The theological structure of the Pastoral Epistles.; title: Preliminary considerations of God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit; title: Eschatology; title: Salvation : the centerpoint of the message; title: The faith and the church; title: Part 3 : The ethical structure of the Pastoral Epistles.; title: Christian existence in principle; title: Christian existence in practice : preliminary considerations, parenesis to various social groups; title: Christian existence in practice : conduct in the assembly; title: Christian existence in practice : parenesis to church leaders; title: Conclusion