Mystery and the making of a Christian historical consciousness : from Paul to the second century / T.J. Lang.
"This book offers the first detailed analysis of 'mystery' and the accompanying discourse of new revelation in early Christianity. It explores how various authors, beginning with Paul, appealed to previously hidden but newly revealed mysteries in order to ground Christian claims in th...
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Full Text (via ProQuest) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; Boston :
De Gruyter,
[2015]
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| Series: | Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche ;
Beiheft 219. |
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| Summary: | "This book offers the first detailed analysis of 'mystery' and the accompanying discourse of new revelation in early Christianity. It explores how various authors, beginning with Paul, appealed to previously hidden but newly revealed mysteries in order to ground Christian claims in the eternal design of God while at the same time accounting for their revelatory newness. This gives birth to a new and totalizing Christian historical consciousness."--Back cover. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 293 pages .) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-271) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9783110436860 3110436868 9783110436877 3110436876 9783110578119 3110578115 9783110435474 3110435470 |
| ISSN: | 0171-6441 ; |
| Language: | In English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |