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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 Semantic Study Of Ecclesia Before 100 A.D., Harold Edwin Cline
A Semantic Study Of Ecclesia Before 100 A.D., Harold Edwin Cline
Graduate Thesis Collection
In studying the background and origin of meaning for this word [ecclesia], this paper will seek to investigate the pagan, the Jewish, and the Christian literature in this order. Of couse, as the preliminary discussion has so far indicated, the primary weight and burden of study will be upond the Septugintal influence. The three stages to be developed are reminiscent of the comment of R.C. Trench in his opening comments concerning ecclesia. He named them as heathen, Jewish, and Christian. The development of these stages will be united and brought together to make some pertinent conclusions in the final chapter …