Synopses & Reviews
Throughout the biblical story, the people of God are expected to embody God?'s holy character publicly. Therefore, holiness is a theological and ecclesial issue prior to being a matter of individual piety. Holiness and Ecclesiology in the New Testament offers serious engagement with a variety of New Testament and Qumran documents in order to stimulate churches to imagine anew what it might mean to be a publicly identifiable people who embody God?'s very character in their particular social setting. Contributors: J. Ayodeji Adewuya Paul M. Bassett Richard Bauckham George J. Brooke Kent E. Brower Dean Flemming Michael J. Gorman Joel B. Green Donald A. Hagner Andy Johnson George Lyons I. Howard Marshall Troy W. Martin Peter Oakes Ruth Anne Reese Dwight Swanson Gordon J. Thomas Richard P. Thompson J. Ross Wagner Robert W. Wall Bruce W. Winter
Table of Contents
Introduction: Holiness and the ekklēsia of God / Kent E. Brower and Andy Johnson -- The Dead Sea Scrolls and New Testament ecclesiology / George J. Brooke -- Holiness in the Dead Sea Scrolls : the priorities of faith / Dwight Swanson -- Holiness and ecclesiology : the church in Matthew / Donald A. Hagner -- The Holy One of God and his disciples : holiness and ecclesiology in Mark / Kent E. Brower -- Gathered at the table : holiness and ecclesiology in the Gospel of Luke / Richard P. Thompson -- The holiness of Jesus and his disciples in the Gospel of John / Richard Bauckham -- Holiness in the Book of Acts / I. Howard Marshall -- Reading Paul with Acts : the canonical shaping of a holy church / Robert W. Wall -- "You shall be cruciform for I am cruciform" : Paul's trinitarian reconstruction of holiness / Michael J. Gorman -- Made holy by the Holy Spirit : holiness and ecclesiology in Romans / Peter Oakes -- Carnal conduct and sanctification in 1 Corinthians : simul sanctus et peccator? / Bruce W. Winter -- The people of God in a pluralistic society : holiness in 2 Corinthians / J. Ayodeji Adewuya -- Circumcision in Galatia and the holiness of God's ecclesiae / Troy W. Martin -- Church and holiness in Ephesians / George Lyons -- Working out salvation : holiness and community in Philippians / J. Ross Wagner -- The sanctification of the imagination in 1 Thessalonians / Andy Johnson -- The perfection of Christ and the perfecting of believers in Hebrews / Gordon J. Thomas -- Living as exiles : the church in the diaspora in 1 Peter / Joel B. Green -- Holiness and ecclesiology in Jude and 2 Peter / Ruth Anne Reese -- "On earth as it is in heaven" : holiness and the people of God in Revelation / Dean Flemming.