TY - BOOK AU - Esler,Philip Francis TI - New Testament theology: communion and community SN - 0800637194 (alk. paper) AV - BS 2397 .E85 2005 U1 - 230/.0415 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Minneapolis PB - Fortress Press KW - Bible KW - N.T KW - Theology KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Communities KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity N1 - 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 ER -