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Argument and Theology in 1 Peter

The Origins of Christian Paraenesis

By: Lauri Thurén

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Argument and Theology in 1 Peter

The Origins of Christian Paraenesis

By: Lauri Thurén

Using both ancient and modern rhetoric, linguistics, and argumentation theory, this study offers a fresh approach to 1 Peter and New Testament ethics. It is often claimed that the growing interest in paraenesis, or ethical teaching, among early Christians indicates how Jesus' revolutionary teaching and the Pauline notion of justification by faith were gradually replaced by an emphasis on good works and ethics borrowed from the surrounding Hellenistic and Jewish culture. The Motivation of the Paraenesis challenges this traditional view of ethics in early Christianity, arguing that paraenesis was an original, essential part of early Christian doctrine and life. The book also provides a new, well-balanced picture of 1 Peter and its message, giving a natural interpretation to many puzzling sections and clarifying the internal logic of the text and the theology behind it.

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1850755469

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Parables Unplugged

Reading the Lukan Parables in Their Rhetorical Context

By: Lauri Thurén

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Parables Unplugged

Reading the Lukan Parables in Their Rhetorical Context

By: Lauri Thurén

The parables of Jesus have long been read either as allegories encoding Christian theology or as tantalizing clues to the authentic voice of Jesus. Thurn proposes instead to read the parables "unplugged" from any assumptions beyond those given in the narrative situation in the text, on the common-sense premise that the very form of the parable works to propose a (sometimes startling) resolution to a particular problem. Thurn applies his method to the parables in Luke, exploring the Evangelist's specific narrative purposes in the use of individual parables.

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Augsburg Fortress Publishers

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0800699793

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Parables Unplugged

Reading the Lukan Parables in Their Rhetorical Context

By: Lauri Thuren

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Parables Unplugged

Reading the Lukan Parables in Their Rhetorical Context

By: Lauri Thuren

For far too long, Lauri Thurén argues, the parables of Jesus have been read either as allegories encoding Christian theology—including the theological message of one or another Gospel writer—or as tantalizing clues to the authentic voice of Jesus. Thurén proposes instead to read the parables “unplugged” from any assumptions beyond those given in the narrative situation in the text, on the common-sense premise that the very form of the parable works to propose a (sometimes startling) resolution to a particular problem. Thurén applies his method to the parables in Luke with some surprising results involving the Evangelist’s overall narrative purposes and the discrete purposes of individual parables in supporting the authority of Jesus, proclaiming God’s love, exhorting steadfastness, and so on. Eschatological and allegorical readings are equally unlikely, according to Thurén’s results. This study is sure to spark learned discussion among scholars, preachers, and students for years to come.

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Fortress Press

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1451465262

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Argument and Theology in 1 Peter

The Origins of Christian Paraenesis

By: Lauri Thurén

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The Origins of Christian Paraenesis

By: Lauri Thurén

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Argument and Theology in 1 Peter

Argument and Theology in 1 Peter

Parables Unplugged

Parables Unplugged

Parables Unplugged

Parables Unplugged

Argument and Theology in 1 Peter

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