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Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2004 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). 308 p. Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series . Worked examples or Exercises. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.
Paperback / softback. New. The author argues that the idea of witness is a live metaphor in the New Testament, to be understood in terms of the Old Testament legal assembly, though the Greek lawcourts are also relevant. Professor Trites contends that this idea of witness in relation to Christ and his gospel plays an essential part in the New Testament and in Christian faith and life generally. ISBN 0521609348 9780521609340 [GB]
Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2004 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). 308 p. Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series . Worked examples or Exercises. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.
Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2004 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Contains: Unspecified. Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series . Includes unspecified. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.
ISBN10: 0521609348, ISBN13: 9780521609340, [publisher: Cambridge University Press] Softcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Terms like 'witness' and 'testimony' occur frequently in religious contexts and have special significance there, culminating in the development of the Greek martus (witness) into the English 'martyr'. They also have a legal context, and Professor Trites examines their use in the New Testament in the light of ancient legal practice. The author argues that the idea of witness is a live metaphor in the New Testament, to be understood in terms of the Old Testament legal assembly, though the Greek lawcourts are also relevant. The witness theme is developed in a sustained way in John, Acts and Revelation, and is also used in the Synoptic Gospels, the Pastoral and General Epistles, and Hebrews. In contexts of persecution and suffering the forensic metaphors tend to be identified with military ones, but in principle they are quite distinct. Professor Trites contends that the idea of witness in relation to Christ and his gospel plays an essential part in the New Testament and in Christian faith and life generally. [Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2004] ...
ISBN10: 0521609348, ISBN13: 9780521609340, [publisher: Cambridge University Press] Softcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Terms like 'witness' and 'testimony' occur frequently in religious contexts and have special significance there, culminating in the development of the Greek martus (witness) into the English 'martyr'. They also have a legal context, and Professor Trites examines their use in the New Testament in the light of ancient legal practice. The author argues that the idea of witness is a live metaphor in the New Testament, to be understood in terms of the Old Testament legal assembly, though the Greek lawcourts are also relevant. The witness theme is developed in a sustained way in John, Acts and Revelation, and is also used in the Synoptic Gospels, the Pastoral and General Epistles, and Hebrews. In contexts of persecution and suffering the forensic metaphors tend to be identified with military ones, but in principle they are quite distinct. Professor Trites contends that the idea of witness in relation to Christ and his gospel plays an essential part in the New Testament and in Christian faith and life generally. [Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2004] ...
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