Jesus, Paul, and the Early Church - Missionary Realities in Historical Contexts. Collected Essays

This volume contains seventeen essays written by Eckhard J. Schnabel, written over the past 25 years. The essays focus on the realities of the work of Jesus, Paul, John, and the early church, exploring aspects of the history, missionary expansion, and theology of the early church including lexical, ethical, and ecclesiological questions. Specific subjects discussed include Jesus' silence at his trial, the introduction of foreign deities to Athens, the understanding of Rom 12:1, Paul's ethics, the meaning of baptizein, the realities of persecution, Christian identity and mission in Revelation, and singing and instrumental music in the early church.

Product details

• Authors: Eckhard J. Schnabel
• Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783161560613
• ISBN: 978-3-16-156061-3
• No. of pages: 609
• Dimensions: 166 mm x 239 mm x 42 mm
• Weight: 1087 g
• Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament; WUNT I