Sökning: "Nya testamentet"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 7 avhandlingar innehållade orden Nya testamentet.
1. Peter's legacy in early christianity : the appropriation and use of Peter's authority in the first three centuries
Sammanfattning : This study combines traditional historical-critical methods with the sociological theories of Max Weber and Pierre Bourdieu in order to discuss how Peter’s authority is portrayed and used to create legitimacy in Christian texts from the first three centuries. The New Testament texts that mention Peter are discussed together with other early Christian writings that in one way or another relate to Peter as an authoritative figure. LÄS MER
2. Sharers in Divine Nature : 2 Peter 1:4 in Its Hellenistic Context
Sammanfattning : This book offers a theological study of an expression unique in biblical literature concerning the purpose of life: “that you might become sharers in divine nature” (2 Peter 1:4). Following an analysis of the text-immanent features in 2 Peter 1:1—11, the study delineates comparable notions of “sharers in divine nature” in selected writings that were current in the first century and contrasts these with 2 Peter. LÄS MER
3. God in the Fourth Gospel : A Hermeneutical Investigation of the History of Interpretations
Sammanfattning : This book presents an exhaustive and systematic investigation of six representatives of three important periods of New Testament interpretation: Martin Luther, John Calvin, Brooke Foss Westcott, Heinrich Julius Holtzmann, Rudolf Bultmann and Raymond E. Brown. LÄS MER
4. The Epistle of Jude : Its Text and Transmission
Sammanfattning : This study treats the textual tradition of the Epistle of Jude. After an introductory survey of earlier text-critical research, the two main purposes of this investigation are formulated: to gather and to analyze the complete textual evidence of the Epistle of Jude. LÄS MER
5. Reciprocitet : etiska normer och praktiskt samarbete
Sammanfattning : Vilken bör vara den centrala sociala normen? Reciprocitet - ömsesidiga relationer till bådas fördel - jämförs med två andra alternativ: altruism och integritet. Altruism - från självuppoffring i nya testamentet och i mycken ideologi till agentneutralitet i modern filosofi - är den etik som oftast förespråkas. LÄS MER