The Hope of Glory: Education and Exhortation in the Epistle to the Colossians

by Walter T. Wilson

This study explores the background, character, and function of Colossians as a form of theological education and appeal in the Pauline tradition. A historical, literary, rhetorical, and narrative analysis of the text shows how its theological affirmations and claims were presented so as to engage the life of its readers in practical ways and in practical contexts, especially in order to direct their moral formation as Christians and their self-understanding...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004109374
• ISBN13: 9789004109377
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.8"