Interpreting the Pauline letters
Subtitle: An exegetical handbook
Publisher: Kregel Academic
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, MI
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780825427671
Description: The inaugural volume in the Handbooks for New Testament Exegesis series, Interpreting the Pauline Letters begins by exploring the components of narrative -- setting, characterization, and plot -- and then develops the foremost theological themes in each of the books traditionally ascribed to Paul. The method sets the task of exegesis within the literary context of first-century letters as well as the theological context of major themes present in Paul's letters. The book goes beyond exegesis to discuss strategies for communicating the central truthesof Paul's first-century messages to a twenty-first-century audience. Each chapter includes a list of helpful resources to the step of interpretation discussed. A glossary defining technical words and samples of moving from exegesis to proclamation make this guide practical and user-friendly. Designed as a handbook for seminary and graduate students, the book provides a go-to guide that will also serve seminary-trained pastors, upper-level college students, and well-motivated lay people. As readers work through this handbook, they will begin to see and interpret the narrative writings as Paul intended them to be understood. - Publisher.
Table of contents: title: The genre of Paul's letters; title: The historical background of Paul's letters; title: The theology of Paul's letters; title: Preparing to interpret Paul's letters; title: Interpreting passages in Paul's letters; title: Communicating passages in Paul's letters; title: From text to sermon: two examples; title: Selected resources; title: Glossary