The Hope of Glory - Education and Exhortation in the Epistle to the Colossians

This study investigates Colossians as a form of theological education and appeal that endeavors to guide the moral formation of its readers in a Christian setting, making use of practical strategies familiar especially from the traditions of Greco-Roman philosophy.

About the author

Walter T. Wilson, Ph.D. (1990) in Early Christian Literature, University of Chicago, is Assistant Professor of New Testament at Emory University. He has also published books on Paul's letter to the Romans and on the Sentences of Pseudo-Phocylides.

Product details

• Authors: Walter Wilson
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.1997
• EAN: 9789004109377
• ISBN: 978-90-04-10937-7
• No. of pages: 316
• Dimensions: 166 mm x 248 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 730 g
• Series: Novum Testamentum, Supplements
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations