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Architect of the Image: Argumentation, Economy and Translation in Gregory of Nyssa’s On the Human Image

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract In this contribution to a book symposium on Gregory of Nyssa’s On the Human Image, Morwenna Ludlow reflects on John Behr’s attention to the literary structure and argumentative flow of the book, its interplay with the similarly structured Timaeus of Plato and the difficulties of translating a work of such rhetorical and pastoral sophistication
Morwenna Ludlow
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But the greatest of these is love [PDF]

, 1992
1 Corinthians 13:1-8,12 ...
Crossman, Richard C.
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Unity or Distinction? Herman Bavinck’s Use of John Calvin and Later Reformed Orthodoxy in His Doctrine of the Two States

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the doctrine of Christ’s two states of humiliation and exaltation in Herman Bavinck’s and John Calvin’s thought, with the aim of illuminating Bavinck’s use of Calvin. The article begins by exploring Calvin’s use of the two states and argues that his treatment of Christ’s descent into hell is an important though ...
Sarah Killam Crosby
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Fools for Christ\u27S Sake [PDF]

, 2002
1 Corinthians 3:16-4 ...
Brennan, Andrei S. P.
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Desire spiritual gifts that edify: A text-generated persuasion of 1 Corinthians 14:1–40

Verbum et Ecclesia
Paul’s first epistle to the Corinthian church details the various problems it faced, with the primary issue in 1 Corinthians 14 being the use of spiritual gifts. Churches today are not free from similar issues, making Paul’s letter particularly relevant,
Tsholofelo J. Kukuni
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1 Corinthians 7 in the Light of the Jewish Greek and Aramaic Marriage and Divorce Papyri

Tyndale Bulletin, 2001
The first half of this study explored 1 Corinthians 7 in the light of the Graeco-Roman Greek and Latin marriage and divorce papyri.1 These papyri showed that much of 1 Corinthians 7 has its basis in Graeco-Roman vocabulary and social structures.
David Instone-Brewer
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Spiritually gifted and divided? A text-centred interpretation of 1 Corinthians 12:1–31a

In die Skriflig
This article interpreted the persuasion of the Corinthians who claimed to be spiritually gifted yet divided. This article showed how Paul persuaded them not to be divided in 1 Corinthians 12:1–31a from a text-centred rhetorical perspective, which is ...
Tsholofelo J. Kukuni
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The comforted comforter: The meaning of παρακαλέω or παράκλησις terminology in 2 Corinthians

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2011
In the Pauline homologoumena, παρακαλέω or παράκλησις terminology is used almost two and a half times (in 2 Corinthians even six and a half times) as frequently as in the remainder of the New Testament.
Reimund Bieringer
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The Influence of the Murder Commandment in 1 Corinthians

Tyndale Bulletin, 2020
This article investigates the influence of the Decalogue commandment not to murder in 1 Corinthians as a case study of Paul’s dependence on the law for ethics. Paul does not quote or allude to the murder commandment in the letter.
Brian S. Rosner, William Andrew Williamson   +1 more
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Becoming Dostoevsky (how Rowan Williams opens up Bakhtin)

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract With the end of Communism in Russia, non‐materialist contexts were enthusiastically restored to Mikhail Bakhtin's globally famous ideas of carnival, dialogism, and polyphony. This essay surveys Rowan Williams's 2008 study Dostoevsky: Language, Faith + Fiction as a major contribution to this effort, concentrating on those general philosophical ...
Caryl Emerson
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