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Apostolos In The New Testament, James Maynard Bragg
Apostolos In The New Testament, James Maynard Bragg
Graduate Thesis Collection
In this study we will attempt to discover the background of [apostolos] among its pagan ancestors. In addition to this area, we will also be concerned with the Jewish background which exerted a formative influence on the meaning of the word. Finally, an attempt will be made to see the result of this combination of backgrounds as it came to be reflected in the New Testament.
A Survey Of Some Recent Writing On The Problem Of The New Testament Kergyma, Gene M. Carrell
A Survey Of Some Recent Writing On The Problem Of The New Testament Kergyma, Gene M. Carrell
Graduate Thesis Collection
Until recently, very little had been written directly on the problem of the New Testament kergyma. Works designed solely for the purpose of setting forth the nature of the message of the primitive preaching of the church, and the forms of the preaching of the primitive message of the church, were woefully lacking. However, in recent years there has been a return to a discussion of this problem. This thesis seeks to provide a survey of some of the literature of this recent investigation of the kergyma of the New Testament.
A Critical Study Of The Colossian Epistle, Vernon Bowers
A Critical Study Of The Colossian Epistle, Vernon Bowers
Graduate Thesis Collection
Among the twenty-seven books in the New Testament canon, there is an epistle addressed to the church which met at Golossae. This epistle isn't very large; in fact it barely consumes four or five pages in the entire Bible. Yet it is important; for with it there is left to the Christian world a remnant of history, both of the life of the church and of the life of her greatest apostle, which it would not have otherwise possessed. A great number of Christian communications which, if they would have been preserved, would have yielded many times over the information …
The Influence Of The Hebrew-Jewish Wisdom Literature Upon The Gospels, Robert Allen Byerly
The Influence Of The Hebrew-Jewish Wisdom Literature Upon The Gospels, Robert Allen Byerly
Graduate Thesis Collection
It is my deep conviction that the Gospel takes on new meaning as we see its message in the light of its historical background. In this instance we are interested in the influence which the Wisdom Literature exerted upon the Gospel records.