Philemon: An Introduction and Study Guide

Imagination, Labor and Love

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Bible & Bible Studies, New Testament, Commentaries
Cover of the book Philemon: An Introduction and Study Guide by Dr. Robert Seesengood, Bloomsbury Publishing
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Dr. Robert Seesengood ISBN: 9780567674975
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: August 10, 2017
Imprint: T&T Clark Language: English
Author: Dr. Robert Seesengood
ISBN: 9780567674975
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: August 10, 2017
Imprint: T&T Clark
Language: English

This guide explores and summarizes scholarship on Philemon, acquainting beginning students with what has been said about Philemon, and equipping them to understand the larger debates and conversations that surround it. It explores how different initial scholarly assumptions result in different interpretations and "meanings;" these meanings always have ethical implications. Reading Philemon challenges us to rethink the process of commentary and the communities interpretation creates.

Though only one chapter long, Paul's Letter to Philemon has generated a remarkable amount of commentary and scholarship over the centuries, figuring in debates over textual reconstruction, the formation of biblical canon, the culture of ancient Rome, Greek language and its translation, and the role of the Bible in Western politics and economics. The focus of this short letter is labor, love and captivity. Tradition since Chrysostom has argued the letter is an appeal to Philemon on behalf of a fugitive slave Onesimus, now a convert to Christianity. Yet this interpretation depends upon several assumptions and reconstructions. Other equally plausible contexts could be -- and have been -- argued.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This guide explores and summarizes scholarship on Philemon, acquainting beginning students with what has been said about Philemon, and equipping them to understand the larger debates and conversations that surround it. It explores how different initial scholarly assumptions result in different interpretations and "meanings;" these meanings always have ethical implications. Reading Philemon challenges us to rethink the process of commentary and the communities interpretation creates.

Though only one chapter long, Paul's Letter to Philemon has generated a remarkable amount of commentary and scholarship over the centuries, figuring in debates over textual reconstruction, the formation of biblical canon, the culture of ancient Rome, Greek language and its translation, and the role of the Bible in Western politics and economics. The focus of this short letter is labor, love and captivity. Tradition since Chrysostom has argued the letter is an appeal to Philemon on behalf of a fugitive slave Onesimus, now a convert to Christianity. Yet this interpretation depends upon several assumptions and reconstructions. Other equally plausible contexts could be -- and have been -- argued.

More books from Bloomsbury Publishing

Cover of the book Theory of International Law by Dr. Robert Seesengood
Cover of the book RAF Fighters vs Luftwaffe Bombers by Dr. Robert Seesengood
Cover of the book Cumberland’s Culloden Army 1745–46 by Dr. Robert Seesengood
Cover of the book MiG-17 and MiG-19 Units of the Vietnam War by Dr. Robert Seesengood
Cover of the book The Black Eunuchs of the Ottoman Empire by Dr. Robert Seesengood
Cover of the book The Price of Partnership in the Letter of Paul to the Philippians by Dr. Robert Seesengood
Cover of the book The Grasshopper's Run by Dr. Robert Seesengood
Cover of the book F-105 Wild Weasel vs SA-2 ‘Guideline’ SAM by Dr. Robert Seesengood
Cover of the book Advanced Latin by Dr. Robert Seesengood
Cover of the book Across A Deadly Field: The War in the East by Dr. Robert Seesengood
Cover of the book A Casebook on Contract by Dr. Robert Seesengood
Cover of the book Consult the Oracle by Dr. Robert Seesengood
Cover of the book An Introduction to the Catholic Epistles by Dr. Robert Seesengood
Cover of the book Brian Eno by Dr. Robert Seesengood
Cover of the book Break Me Like a Promise by Dr. Robert Seesengood
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy