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Thomas W. Gillespie
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Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published
December 1994
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Thomas W. Gillespie
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paperback
Publisher
Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published
December 1994
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The First Theologians represents an important contribution to the scholarly investigation of the nature and function of early Christian prophecy. This topic, occasioned by Harnack's publication of The Didache text in 1884, is one that continues to vex New Testament scholars, who have been unable to reach widespread assent on certain pressing questions: What were the function and location of the prophets in early Christianity? What were the nature and authority of their prophesying? What were the forms and content of their prophecy? Such questions point up the issues involved in the inquiry as it has developed, but the question of just what early Christian prophets were doing when they were prophesying remains open. Thomas Gillespie refocuses the issue by looking at the apostle Paul's own description of the prophetic phenomenon in 1 Corinthians. From a careful exegesis of Paul's arguments in chapters 12 and 14 and 2:6-16, Gillespie puts forth the idea that Paul understood Christian prophecy "as Spirit-inspired interpretation of the theological and ethical implications of the apostolic kerygma." Because prophecy represents primary reflection on the implications of the gospel, its yield may be termed theology. Therefore Gillespie is able to call the early Christian prophets the first true theologians of the church.
Author
Thomas W. Gillespie
Book Format
paperback
Publisher
Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published
December 1994
Weight
450g
Page Count
304
Dimensions
229 x 227 x 22 mm
ISBN
9780802839794
ISBN-10
0802839797
Eden Code
1010368
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Author/Creator: Thomas W. Gillespie
ISBN: 9780802839794
Publisher: Eerdmans Publishing Company
Release Date: December 1994
Weight: 450g
Dimensions: 229 x 227 x 22 mm
Eden Code: 1010368