New Testament theology : communion and community /

Esler, Philip Francis.

New Testament theology : communion and community / Philip F. Esler. - Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c2005. - xii, 353 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-334) and indexes.

Introduction: The New Testament and contemporary Christianity -- The New Testament, history, and theology : the state of the debate -- Persons in communion : a socio-theological model -- Knowing and understanding the message of our ancestors in the faith -- The place of New Testament authros in interpretation -- Interpersonal understanding and the spoken work in Schleiermacher's hermeneutics -- Face-to-face communion between New Testament Christ-followers: 1 Corinthians 10-14 as a test case-- New Testament Christ-Followers and the effects of writing -- Communion with the saints : origins and development -- Communion with the saints : modeling the naturalistic possibilities -- Communion with the saints in the fullest sense -- The canon and interpersonal communion -- History, hermeneutics, and communion : Romans.

0800637194 (alk. paper) 9780800637200 0800637208 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2005005798


Bible.--N.T.--Theology.
Bible.--N.T.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.


Communities--Religious aspects--Christianity.

BS 2397 / .E85 2005

230/.0415