This book investigates Colossians as a "captivity" letter from the primary implied author, the imprisoned Paul, to an implied audience of mainly Gentile converts currently in danger of influence by l
Each of the thirteen letters of Paul are treated exclusively from the aspect of worship, as understood in its most comprehensive sense in the biblical tradition, with the liturgical and the ethical fa
Heil (New Testament, Catholic U. of America) places as his subtitle what he believes is the main theme running through Paul's letter to the Philippians. He looks at the New Testament book as a whole,
Heil (New Testament, Catholic U. of America) describes chiastic structure embracing all ten units of Paul's letter to the Colossians that no one has found before. He also shows that within this overal
This book demonstrates that Luke-Acts provides its audience with a basic foundation for all of the various dimensions of Christian worship. With the arrival of Jesus, and especially his being raised f
Heil (New Testament, Catholic U. of America) argues that Paul's letters originally functioned as epistolary rituals of worship, that they were originally performed publicly in a liturgical assembly an
