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Kil, Sungnam. "An exegetical study of Colossians 2:20-23, with special reference to the Colossian heresy." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1993. http://www.tren.com.

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Smith, Eric Sackett. "Educational implications of Colossians 2:8." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1985. http://www.tren.com.

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Baker, R. Drew. "The renewal concepts of Colossians 3:10." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1985. http://www.tren.com.

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Clark, Bruce. "Completing Christ's afflictions: : Colossians 1.24 in context." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.607992.

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Routt, James O'Neal. "Dying and rising with Christ in Colossians." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1995. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/14701/.

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Colossians was written to a congreaation threatened by a jewish mystical teaching which offered a proleptic experience of salvation in the form of visionary journeys to heaven. To counter this false teaching the writer reminds the readers of the blessinas they already possess, centrina his araument around their participation with Christ in his death and resurrection. Christ himself is identified as God's end-time aaent of reconciliation and new creation, who, throuah his death and resurrection, restores the cosmos to the state of harmony God intended from the beainnina (1:ll-20). To accompllsh this tast Christ identified himself with humanity's fallen state and made himself responsible for their sins. By dying their death he secured acquittal before the divine tribunal and victory over the hostile spirits (2:13-15). In his triumphal passage from death to new life he inaugurated the new age and became the founder of the new redeemed human race as a second Adam (1:18). In these eventl Christ acted in a representative capacity so that his experience of deliverance might be both the basis and the prototype of the salvation or believers. In conversion-baptism ChrIstians become participants in ChrIst's death and resurrection as God includes them in his saving acts towards Christ by pronouncing on them the same verdict of acquittal and exercising anew the same life-giving power towards them as when he raised Christ from the dead. Thus they are made to pass with Christ out of the old fallen existence in which they were subject to the hostile spirits and the reliaious rules and reaulations (stoicheia) of this world, and they enter the heavenly life of the new creation. Although Christians have been raised with Christ (as Paul also atrirms in Rom 6), they possess this new life only in preliminary form and in hiddenness (3:3). They must yet strive to actualize this salvation by putting to death what remains within of the old existence (3:5-11) and cultivating Christlike virtues as they await the parousia, when they will enter upon this resurrection life in its fullness (3:4).
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DeJong, Shawn Jay. "An analysis of the Book of Colossians." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.

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Burow, Matthew Colin. "Colossians, cosmology and Christ: A study into Colossians 1:15-17 with insights from Plato's Timaeus, Philo of Alexandria and middle Platonism." Thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2018. https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/0bb79146b98f49477ca96dda4e91c89a93c18d00af37ff757acc8f0b5cfabf69/2509484/BUROW_2018_Colossians_cosmology_and_Christ_a_study.pdf.

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Colossians 1:15-20 has often been noted for its distinctive use of language and theological nuance, in particular, its ‘cosmic’ Christology. Pauline and Colossians research have identified Plato’s Timaeus, Middle Platonism and Philo of Alexandria as potentially offering beneficial insight into this Colossian ‘hymn’ and for the letter as a whole. Unfortunately, to date, these identifications have lacked a thorough treatment and have seldom been more than assertions or short, incidental statements that are part of larger projects in Biblical studies. This thesis has undertaken to test and advance the above assertions by providing a clear method and a thorough examination. This thesis has selected Colossians 1:15-17, a notable expression of the author’s Christology and cosmology. The method proposed for examining Colossians 1:15-17 is an analysis of the passage’s terminology and syntactical constructions, and a demonstration of its distinctiveness within the corpus Paulinum. These distinctives are then compared with Platonic texts, primarily Timaeus and the ‘middle platonic’ exposition of Jewish scripture expressed in Philonic corpus. Upon completing the investigation, the selected text was found to be highly distinctive and where these distinctives were indicated, overt lexicographical and conceptual similarities were found with Timaeus and how it was used by Philo of Alexandria. The implications of these findings present similar beneficial insight for the rest of the Colossian hymn (1:18-20) and the wider distinctive language of Colossians.
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Yates, Roy. "Christ triumphant : a study of Colossians 2:13-15." Thesis, University of Manchester, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.257468.

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Steedman, Robin Anthony. "Colossians 1:24 and vicarious suffering in the Church." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2014. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/4809/.

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Colossians 1:24 has throughout church history presented problems of interpretation. This thesis investigates the possibility that the author expresses a belief in vicarious suffering within the church, and begins with a thorough linguistic analysis of the text and vocabulary to produce a radical fresh translation which emphasises Paul’s ministry of suffering on the church’s behalf. Two chapters investigate the reception history of the passage, with particular emphasis on three periods: the Church Fathers, the Protestant Reformation, and the modern era. Following evaluation of the many interpretations, an excursus on attitudes to suffering in modern Western evangelical churches, and a discussion whether the passage applies only to Paul or is of universal Christian relevance, three key topics are investigated in depth: the 'woes of the Messiah' and related eschatological issues; attitudes to substitution in the ancient world; and the 'common life' or koinonia expressed in Pauline descriptions of the church. This study indicates the probability that the author and his first readers shared cultural and religious understandings which comfortably accommodated a belief in vicarious suffering. In conclusion, the theological implications of such a belief are discussed, and the consequent repercussions for pastoral care.
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Bliss, M. T. "A rhetorical analysis of Paul's Epistle to the Colossians." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/18734.

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The study begins with an introduction which defines rhetorical criticism, traces its development from the Church Fathers to the present, examines methodologies, and summarizes the major sources of classical theory and epistolary rhetoric. The classical methodology of Kennedy is chosen, and its five steps constitute the five chapters of the thesis. The objectives are to understand the intent of the author, the persuasive power of the text upon the original audience, and how the author has transmitted his intent through the text. In Chapter one Colossians is established as a legitimate rhetorical unit with definable introduction, body, and conclusion. Theories regarding the integrity of the text and incorporation of traditional materials are examined. Classical theories of arrangement are discussed and commentators' outlines are examined. An Aristotelian outline is proposed. Chapter two defines the rhetorical situation as a complex of persons, events, objects, relations, times, and places which interact to compel the production of discourse to alter an exigence. The relationship of rhetorical situation to argumentation is discussed and the situation proposed by commentators for Colossians is summarized before investigating the letter's rhetorical complex. The question of authorship is treated and Pauline authorship is proposed. Principal characters, recipients, place and date of writing, and general content are examined. The exigence is reconstructed, with emphasis placed not on "heresy" but on the opportunity presented by the return of Onesimus to his master to encourage and instruct the Colossians in mature knowledge and conduct. The rhetorical constraints used are identified, including Paul's personal ethos, tradition, and propriety. Finally, rhetorical problems facing Paul are noted: he did not personally know his audience, lacked first-hand information of the situation in Colossae, and was prevented by imprisonment from a personal visit. Chapter three examines the letter's stasis and genus. Classical stasis theory is summarized and types of stases explained. The proposition of Colossians is examined to discover authorial intent. The causa is complex, consisting of two interrelated rational, definite questions, both exhibiting qualitative stases. Classical theories of genera are discussed and Aristotle's tripartite division is chosen as a model. Colossians' core goals of instruction and modification of behavior indicate a deliberative document which relies heavily upon epideictic. Chapter four contains a detailed examination of the letter's parts, including the author's management of materials and use of style to accomplish his purpose through the argumentation. The prescript is included under the exordium for practical purposes. The causa is identified as honorable, and the exordium is shown to be a principium which acts as an introduction, and in Colossians also resembles a narratio by recounting events which have led up to the present situation. It employs epideictic in a series of encomia to gain the good-will and attention of the audience and further strengthens the ethos of the author. The Apostle declares what he wishes to accomplish in the propositio: that his audience have full knowledge of God's will in order to please the Lord in everything by bearing fruit and increasing in knowledge, being strengthened to persevere, and giving thanks to the Father. The argumentatio treats these objectives in a series of elaborated arguments, first in the Christ hymn which instructs in fuller knowledge and is intended to lead the audience to thanksgiving by its elevated style and epideictic. This is followed by a charge to persevere, supported by the example of Paul's own joyful suffering. The argumentation flows into a warning against certain false teachings, then into a comparison of the old to the new as the author expounds upon proper Christian conduct. The epistle lacks a true peroratio, but the postscript serves as a closing. Chapter five consists of an evaluation of the effectiveness of the epistle's rhetoric and a summary and general conclusion to the thesis. The letter's persuasive strength derives mainly from the ethos of the author, the gospel tradition, and the author's skillful use of epideictic and elaborated arguments. Its weaknesses include vague, verbose style and degeneration of the later argumentation into a series of brief, unconnected imperatives. The most striking result of the analysis is the shift of emphasis from the "heresy" and the Christ hymn to the letter's moral exhortations, which has broad implications for the interpretation of the letter's situation and the author's objectives.
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Etzel, Jodine. "The objective of Paul's ministry in Colossians 1:28." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1991. http://www.tren.com.

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Armstrong, Randolph W. "The nature of the afflictions of Christ in Colossians 1:24." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1986. http://www.tren.com.

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Beetham, Christopher A. "Echoes of scripture in the letter of Paul to the Colossians." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p088-0156.

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du, Preez Ronald Alwyn Gerald. "A critical analysis of the word ∑ABB’ATΩN in Colossians 2:16". University of the Western Cape, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6480.

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Philosophiae Doctor - PhD<br>Across the centuries, and especially in the more recent past, the question of the observance of the weekly Sabbath has been an ongoing matter of discussion and debate among scholars and Bible commentators of various religious backgrounds, particularly among seventh-day Sabbatarians. Since the only place that the lexical Greek term óÜââáôá appears in the New Testament, after the Gospels and the book of Acts, is located in Colossians 2:16, this passage has become the focus of much attention – more so, since the text seems to suggest that Sabbath-keeping is an optional issue. Due to the fact that, in both Hebrew and Greek, the basic term for “sabbath” has more than one possible meaning, the major challenge has surrounded the question as to whether Colossians 2:16 refers to the weekly seventh-day Sabbath (as noted in the decalogue of Exod 20), or to the ceremonial sabbaths (as in the ritual code of Lev 23:4-37). To a large degree, based on the notion that this epistle includes an allusion to an oft-occurring trilogy of terms in the Old Testament, a majority of scholars have concluded that the seventh-day Sabbath is in view here. The minority maintain that the context shows that Colossians 2:16 is dealing with annual cultic sabbaths, that were fulfilled at the Cross. Approaching the final form of the canon, from a Protestant perspective, and operating within the essential principles of the historico-grammatical hermeneutic, this thesis seeks to meticulously analyze the meaning of óÜââáôá (especially as it appears in the triad of “feast, new moon, sabbath”). Taking into account the theme and setting of this epistle, it seems there is sufficient contextual, intertextual, etymological, lexical, linguistic, semantic, syntactical, structural and typological data to reasonably conclude that the óáââÜôùí of Colossians 2:16 does not refer to the seventh-day Sabbath.
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Barry, David N. "Home Bible Fellowship leader's guide for inductive Bible study lessons on Colossians." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1986. http://www.tren.com.

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Reynolds, Harriet E. "The New Age Movement as answered by the epistle to the Colossians." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1990. http://www.tren.com.

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Tinsley, Annie. "Towards a re-reading of Colossians from an African American postcolonial perspective." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2010. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/1192/.

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Essential information is often lost when in reading a piece of work the identity of an audience or the recipients is overlooked. The first hearers of the letter to the Colossians were a diverse group of people in a colonized country under the imperial rule of Rome in the first century. The writer of the letter addressed possible concerns presented to him from the evangelist, Epaphras, a native of Colossae. In identifying the audience whether they are first recipients or future readers, ideologies and theologies are discovered which add to the existing criticism genres. The process of identifying the audience allows one to reread the work through the lens of various peoples. This process also allows one to make comparisons between the various audiences. A comparison is made in this thesis between the 1st century readers and the enslaved Africans who lived on the continent of North America who were later exposed to concepts that stemmed from the letter. In viewing the identities of both groups the most damaging find was the derogatory labels placed on them. This thesis, an African American postcolonial re-reading of the letter to the Colossians, looks beyond the labels to ascertain the meaning of the Colossians letter, giving voices to each group.
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Strand, Gregory C. "Colossians 2:11-13 and its contribution towards Paul's theology of baptism." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1992. http://www.tren.com.

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Sullivan, Chris. "The true source and content of philosophy a study of Colossians 2:8 /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1986. http://www.tren.com.

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Feník, Juraj. "The use of the "with Christ" motif in the letter to the Colossians." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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Wueste, Edward A. "An analysis of the old man-new man imagery in Ephesians and Colossians." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1999. http://www.tren.com.

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Crandall, Gary E. "The relation of the believer's completeness to Christ's completeness in Colossians 2:9-10." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1986. http://www.tren.com.

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Matthews, Bradley J. "Mature in Christ : the contribution of Ephesians and Colossians to constructing Christian maturity in modernity." Thesis, Durham University, 2009. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/1345/.

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This thesis addresses the manner in which Christian maturity is constructed in modernity. The premise developed through the course of the study is that modern works on the nature of Christian maturity have disregarded, or even been ignorant of, the genealogy of maturity. Thus, their constructions of Christian maturity are significantly influenced by modern ideals that are, at times, at odds with ideals espoused by the biblical texts. Specifically, the Enlightenment directed the goal of human existence towards individual autonomy, and subsequent psycho-social theory has standardised the attainment of this goal according to a series of developmental stages. Whilst there are different trends in modern constructions of Christian maturity, the paradigm of developing individual autonomy is still the underlying principle of each construct. I argue that the ancient world constructed maturity in a fundamentally different manner. Human teleology referenced not only individual persons, but also a divine figure, social group, and the cosmos. Even though Ephesians and Colossians express their theology of Christian maturity in different ways, both letters present a remarkably similar construction that operates within the ancient referential framework. Christian maturity is the eschatological existence of believers, both as individuals and as the corporate community of the Church, in Christ. Moreover, within the mystery of God’s plan, the attainment of Christian maturity is the mechanism that will bring about the redemption of the entire cosmos. Thus, Ephesians and Colossians construct Christian maturity so that the teleology of the individual references the triune God, the Church and the cosmos. This reading that is based on a historical and philological exegesis of Ephesians and Colossians necessitates the hermeneutical task of determining how to re-appropriate this theology of Christian maturity in the modern world. I argue that there are three distinct features of the construction of Christian maturity when compared to other ancient constructions, namely its basis in God’s mystery, in the somatic nature of the Church, and especially in union with Christ. Whilst it is not possible to return to a pre-modern conception of human teleology, it is possible to recover these three distinct features within the modern discourse about maturity. The proposal offered demonstrates how the recovery of these distinct features provides the necessary corrective to the odern construction of Christian maturity.
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Bryan, Steven M. "An exegesis of Colossians 1:24-29 with special reference to Paul's theology of mission." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1992. http://www.tren.com.

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Spjut, Petter. "PROBLEMATIZING THE “PROTESTANT HISTORIOGRAPHIC MYTH” APPLIED TO BOUNDARY DEMARCATIONS AND THE MAKING OF PAULINISM IN COLOSSIANS." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Bibelvetenskap, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-206136.

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In spite of a lively debate during the last century, there is still no scholarly consensus about the identity of the opponents in Colossians. The aim of this essay is not to put forward yet another attempt to solve this complex historical problem, but rather to examine how boundaries are drawn between the author and the opponents in Colossians and how similar boundaries are maintained, developed or even created in scholarly historiography. In what Jonathan Z. Smith refers to as the “Protestant Historiographic Myth”, nineteenth and early twentieth century scholars of biblical studies often understood early Christian developments in terms of an original purity that was lost at a later stage. According to this historiographic construction, the essence of Christianity was distorted through interaction with the cultural and religious environment of the Roman Empire and through the incorporation of pagan elements. Throughout this essay, I argue that this essentialist conception of early Christianity has shaped the construction of the opponents of Colossians in scholarly literature. In studies of Colossians, many modern scholars have, problematically, recreated the dichotomy between an original apostolic Christianity and later Hellenized deviations. This legacy of the “Protestant Historiographic myth” is mainly expressed in two ways, either as an opposition between the author’s pure apostolic Christianity and the opponents, who are understood as a syncretistic group, composed of a mixture of various Hellenistic elements, or as a dichotomy between Christianity, as represented by the author, and “religion”, as represented by the opponents.
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Leppä, Outi. "The making of Colossians : a study on the formation and purpose of a Deutero-Pauline letter /." Helsinki : Göttingen : The Finnish exegetical society in Helsinki ; Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2003. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb41091066n.

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Rienstra, Melanie A. "Parental and community responsibility to educate children observations and guidelines from Deuteronomy, Proverbs, Colossians, and Ephesians /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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Collie, Stephen Lee. "A study of angel idolatry in Colossians, Revelation, and Hebrews and their implications for contemporary Christianity." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2000. http://www.tren.com.

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Copenhaver, Adam Kyle. "Watch out for whom? : reconstructing the historical background of Paul's rhetoric in the Letter to the Colossians." Thesis, University of the Highlands and Islands, 2012. https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/portal/en/studentthesis/watch-out-for-whom(a0f69f50-63a7-4057-a849-a9f15e4f167f).html.

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Scholars have long debated the nature of Paul’s opponents in the book of Colossians. This thesis approaches the debate from a methodological standpoint and contends that Paul was not actually confronting active opponents when he wrote the letter. This thesis seeks to demonstrate that the challenge of reconstructing a singular opponent arises not only from the limitations of textual and historical evidence but also from the assumptions and methodologies inherent to historical approaches to the text. By modifying these assumptions and adjusting the methodology, Paul’s letter takes on a new relationship to its historical context. Paul writes the letter to the churches in the Lycus Valley in a desire to develop their identity as a new people in Christ and to appeal to them to live a new kind of life in Christ. His warnings in Col 2 function as oppositional rhetoric contrasting the religious practices of the Lycus Valley with this new life in Christ. Paul’s warnings are therefore broadly representative of the ancient world yet focused especially on two threads of historical referents, Judaism and pagan religions. This thesis engages in epistolary, rhetorical, and historical analysis to demonstrate how Paul uses the historical practices of these two referents to create a broad contrast between the body of Christ and the religious world of the Lycus Valley.
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Cavin, Robert Lloyd. "New existence and righteous living in Colossians and 1 Peter in conversation with 4QInstruction and the Hodayot." Thesis, Durham University, 2010. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/687/.

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The present study consists of a comparison of the impact of the Christ-event on the existence of the elect in Colossians and 1 Peter. As such it is a study in the theological anthropology of two significant New Testament texts. The main argument of this thesis is that Colossians and 1 Peter contain distinctive emphases in their understanding of: the σάρξ (“flesh”) of the elect (anthropology), the temporal axis of salvation (eschatology), the extent to which the elect participate in the “heavenly” sphere (cosmology), and the means to live rightly (agency). Because a NT author’s beliefs prior to faith in Christ reflect a particular cognitive environment formed by the author’s historical setting and cultural milieu, setting the author’s views in the context of Early Jewish texts throws fresh light on his thought-world and understanding of the new existence. I argue that many of the features distinguishing Colossians from 1 Peter stem from the possibility that Colossians reflects the thought-world of 4QInstruction and 1 Peter that of the Hodayot. The thesis has the following structure. Chapter 1 explains the reasoning for comparing Colossians and 1 Peter by showing their manifold similarities with one another including their respective Christologies which undergird their remarkably similar paraenetical material. The question is raised why, if the epistles end up offering almost identical paraenesis, they have such distinctive theological patterns of thought. Chapter 2 is an overview of scholarship demonstrating that this question has not been adequately answered. This is due partly to an emphasis on the recipient context and to reading each respective author’s theology primarily as a response to the Sitz im Leben of the recipients. The overview will also demonstrate that both authors draw from the HB and EJL to interpret the impact of the Christ-event, but do so with distinctive language, emphases, and metaphors. Chapter 3 will analyze 1 Peter’s understanding of the new existence locating it within the author’s worldview in which suffering is a significant aspect of being God’s ‘end of days’ people. Chapter 4 will explore the Hodayot and demonstrate the manifold ways in which it provides antecedents to ideas identified in 1 Peter. Chapter 5 will analyze the worldview of the author of Colossians and his understanding of the new existence including his emphasis on the elect as possessing the “mystery” of God. Chapter 6 will explore 4QInstruction and demonstrate the manifold ways in which it provides antecedents to ideas identified in Colossians. Chapter 7 will conclude the thesis drawing the threads together and summarizing the distinctive emphases of Colossians and 1 Peter in their respective understandings of the new existence and the means to live rightly.
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Brock, Harold William. "The relationship of SOPHIA and SUNESIS in the Pauline corpus with special consideration of Colossians 1:9." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1996. http://www.tren.com.

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Tracy, Steven Robert. "Living under the lordship of Christ : the ground and shape of paraenesis in the Epistle to the Colossians." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.364271.

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Land, Darin Hawkins. "The relationship between Ephesians and Colossians an examination of the data and an evaluation of different relationship models /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2000. http://www.tren.com.

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Schaefer, Scott R. "The part of God and the part of the believer in sanctification as described in Colossians 1:27-29." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1985. http://www.tren.com.

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Christ, T. Michael. "The noetic effect of sanctification an application of Van Til's epistemology to personal sanctification through Colossians 1:15-3:10 /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2008. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p036-0395.

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Horn, Samuel E. "A biblical theology of Christian liberty an analysis of the major Pauline passages in Galatians, Colossians, I Corinthians, and Romans /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.

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ALMEIDA, RAFAEL SILVA. "ESPÍRITOS DO UNIVERSO RESPONSÁVEIS PELO DESTINO: ESTUDO EXEGÉTICO EM COLOSSENSES 2.8-3.4." Universidade Metodista de Sao Paulo, 2015. http://tede.metodista.br/jspui/handle/tede/1560.

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Submitted by Noeme Timbo (noeme.timbo@metodista.br) on 2016-09-14T17:38:59Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Rafael Silva Almeida.pdf: 1414339 bytes, checksum: e5e9331a54f72b00092b52f500299028 (MD5)<br>Made available in DSpace on 2016-09-14T17:38:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Rafael Silva Almeida.pdf: 1414339 bytes, checksum: e5e9331a54f72b00092b52f500299028 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-09-22<br>Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES<br>This dissertation will examine the Greek expression ta. stoicei/a tou/ ko,smou, "the elements of the world", which appears in the letter of Colossians verses 8-20 of the second chapter. There will be an exegetical study of the biblical pericope 2:8-3:4 of the letter as well as a historical analysis specifically the term stoicei/a. The study of this expression is important to be able to understand the Colossians philosophy mentioned in Cl 2:8. The Christian church in the city of Colossae, is part of a syncretic religious social context. This syncretism is clearly seen in magic texts as the Greek Magical Papyri, very common in Minor Asia region, where the Colossian church was situated. Religious syncretism, involving Jewish and pagan beliefs, reflects the basis of this philosophy. The author of the letter to the Colossians refutes the belief in "elements of the world" and the subservience to them. Among other beliefs, it was believed that these "elements" could influence events on land and the fate of people. Issues involving ascetic practices, worship of angels and observance of the liturgical calendar, give the contours of this philosophy. The writer emphasizes the Lordship of Christ and his works in favor of Colossian Christians, who gave them a good destination. Moreover, the Colossian Christians are guaranteed a freedom that could not be curtailed by any other religious beliefs. So the works of Christ and his lordship are the main arguments used by the author of the letter, in order to say to Christians in Colossae that they no longer need to fear their fate and to submit to the "elements of the world".<br>Esta dissertação de mestrado analisará a expressão grega ta. stoicei/a tou/ ko,smou, “os elementos do mundo”, que ocorre na carta de Colossenses nos versículos 8 e 20 do segundo capítulo. Será feito um estudo exegético na perícope bíblica 2.8-3.4 da referida carta, bem como uma análise histórica especificamente do termo stoicei/a. O estudo desta expressão é importante para poder se compreender a filosofia colossense mencionada em Cl 2.8. A igreja cristã na cidade de Colossos estava inserida em um contexto social religioso sincrético. Esse sincretismo é percebido claramente em textos de magia como os Papiros Mágicos Gregos, muito comuns na região da Ásia Menor, a mesma onde a igreja colossense estava situada. O sincretismo religioso, envolvendo crenças judaicas e pagãs, reflete as bases dessa filosofia. O autor da carta aos Colossenses refuta a crença nos “elementos do mundo”, bem como a subserviência aos mesmos. Dentre outras crenças, acreditava-se que esses “elementos” poderiam influenciar os acontecimentos sobre a terra e o destino das pessoas. Questões que envolvem práticas acéticas, adoração a anjos e observância de calendário litúrgico, dão os contornos dessa filosofia. O autor da carta enfatiza o senhorio de Cristo, bem como as obras dele em favor dos cristãos colossenses, que proporcionavam a eles, segurança quanto a terem um bom destino. E, além disso, é assegurada uma liberdade aos cristãos colossenses que não podia lhes ser cerceada por quaisquer outras crenças religiosas. Então, as obras de Cristo, bem como o seu senhorio, são os principais argumentos utilizados pelo autor da carta, a fim de afirmar aos cristãos em Colossos que eles não precisam mais temer o destino e nem se submeter aos “elementos do mundo”.
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Bevere, Allan R. "Let no one disqualify you : a study of the paraenesis of Colossians and its place within the argument of the letter." Thesis, Durham University, 1998. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/5044/.

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The argument of this thesis is two-fold in nature— the target of the argument of Colossians is a Judaism dismissive of the Gentile Colossian Christians and the recognition of that fact casts new light on the paraenesis of the letter and its integration into the argument of the epistle as a whole. The argument is set up in the introduction analyzing and critiquing recent dissenters to the Jewish nature of the philosophy and then the argument of the thesis is set in sequence. Several arguments are made in the thesis in support of these claims. Significant parallels between Colossians and Galatians suggest similar concerns in both letters relating to Israel's identity as the people of God and how that relates to the Gentile believers in the church at Colossae and the churches of Galatia, and how those Gentile believers are to live. The writers of Colossians, while sharing a similar Jewish perspective with the Colossian philosophers on there relationship between identity and way of life, admonish the Gentile Christians to live in a way consistent with who they are. Nevertheless Paul and Timothy differ with the philosophers as to what constitutes the identity of the Colossian Gentilesas the people of God. In addition to the parallels drawn further themes are present in Colossians which strongly suggest the Jewish character of the philosophy— wisdom, election, death of Christ as the final return from exile. Moreover, the apocalyptic background of 3:1-6, the Jewish moral concerns of the ethical lists (3:5-17), and the christological orientation of the Haustafel not only bolster the claim that the Colossian philosophy is Jewish in nature (this is less true of the house-codes explicitly, though there may be some implicit connections), but recurring themes in the paraenesis seen in the preceding argument lend support to the contention that the paraenesis is an integral part of the argument of the letter.
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Brown, Ronald Neal. "Discipleship in a postmodern culture implementing a biblical and contextual strategy for discipling emerging leaders based on Paul's epistle to the Colossians /." Fort Worth, TX : Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.2986/tren.049-0500.

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Grover, William Lee. "Determining the referent in Paul's major passages on baptism Romans 6:3,4; Galatians 3:26,27; Colossians 2:11,12; 1 Corinthians 12:12,13 /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1994. http://www.tren.com.

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Goldman, George. "A critical interpretation of Colossians 3:16 and Ephesians 5:19 and their significance in establishing the purpose of singing in the Christian assembly." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1991. http://www.tren.com.

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Frederick, John. "The ethics of the enactment and reception of cruciform love : a comparative lexical, conceptual, exegetical/theological study of Colossians 3:1-17 and the patterns of thought which have influenced it in their grammatical/historical context." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/11854.

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This thesis aims to compare the words and governing ethical pattern of thought in the catalogue of virtues and vice in Colossians 3:5, 8, 12-17 to Greco-Roman and Jewish texts that are antecedent to, or contemporaneous with the writings of the apostle Paul and the Epistle to the Colossians. In carrying out this study, I will interact with and critique the arguments of scholars who have proposed that Paul and the author of Colossians are operating from a Stoic, Cynic or Aristotelian governing ethical pattern of thought. I will demonstrate that such positions are called into question in light of the lack of both central Greco-Roman ethical terms, and the lack of essential ethical concepts in both the generally agreed upon genuine Pauline epistles and in the Epistle to the Colossians in particular. Lastly, I will combine the results of the comparative studies of Colossians and the Greco-Roman and Jewish sources with an exegesis of Colossians in order to propose that: (i) the ethical terms of Colossians - while incidentally and peripherally influenced by the various Hellenistic ethical schools of thought - are most directly influenced by words found in the texts of the Jewish traditions, (ii) several of the ethical terms used by the author of Colossians are largely absent from and certainly uncommon in the Greco-Roman sources surveyed but widely attested in the Jewish sources, and that (iii) the author of Colossians presents his ethical material through an inherited binary format derived from the Jewish Two Ways tradition that is driven by a governing pattern of thought which focuses on Christlike transformation through the enactment and reception of cruciform love.
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Strawbridge, Jennifer Ruth. "'According to the wisdom given to Him' : the use of the Pauline Epistles by early Christian writers before Nicaea." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:81a6546b-95e1-44ad-afca-f32d0b038db1.

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This thesis is a study of the interpretation and reception of the writings attributed to the apostle Paul based on the collation of references to Pauline texts in pre-Nicene Christian writings. The material is analysed utilising a method worked out by Teresa Morgan and Raffaella Cribiore to understand the nature and extent of indebtedness to literary authorities in ancient pedagogy. The application of their method means that the most frequently cited passages from the Pauline corpus become the focus for detailed examination, and a chapter is devoted to the following passages: 1 Corinthians 2.6-16, Ephesians 6.10-17, 1 Corinthians 15.50-58, and Colossians 1.15-20. In each chapter, selections from early Christian texts which use these passages are chosen for in-depth analysis because they are representative in their interpretative approaches of the totality of texts examined. Across many different early Christian writings, images and phrases from these Pauline pericopes were used to support and defend a wide range of theological arguments about the nature of divine wisdom and its contrast with human wisdom, the importance of standing firm in faith, the nature of resurrection and the body, and the nature of Christ. On the basis of the analysis throughout this thesis, conclusions are drawn firstly, about the close connection between scriptural interpretation and theological doctrines; secondly, about early Christian formation, separate from scholarly attempts to recover early Christian catechesis, school teaching, and pedagogy; and finally, about early Christian identity and how it is formed and informed by early Christian use of these four passages.
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Turner, Pat. "Wisdom and law in Colossians: Being a study of Jewish wisdom tradition as the conceptual background for understanding wisdom and law in Col 1:3-3:4." Thesis, Turner, Pat (1998) Wisdom and law in Colossians: Being a study of Jewish wisdom tradition as the conceptual background for understanding wisdom and law in Col 1:3-3:4. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 1998. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/50494/.

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This thesis, to be examined for the degree of PhD from Murdoch University, concerns the possible impact of the Jewish Wisdom tradition upon the text of Col l:3-3:4. (This section of the text has been chosen because it more or less delineates the extent of sapiential language in Colossians.) The impact of Torah is also to be examined, especially as it concerns the identification of Christ as both Wisdom and Torah. This is to be accomplished by a linguistic study of the sapiential language which occurs in the epistle. Chapter 1 is the Introduction: Aims and Method in which the goals of the thesis are specified and the methods used to achieved them are outlined. Chapter 2 is the Review of the Current Literature which examines and comments on other work which has been done in this or related areas. Ch3 examines the passages in the OT and other literature pertinent to our research. Ch 4 outlines a structural analysis of the whole of the sapiential section l:3-3:4. Chapters 5 to 9 are concerned with the exegesis of the passages in question and a study of the grammatical and stylistic structures which tie them together. These provide the evidence for the thesis. We have become aware of echoed terms, chiastic structures and thematic and linguistic units which carry the Wisdom/Torah motif. These are brought together to show what the writer has been doing all the time. We can see that in his use of wisdom language he has been employing the language in which the opponents couched their position. Furthermore, he has used these terms to build a christology which completely assimilates the tradition which the opponents had been claiming as their own. Instead he has built a solid case for Christ as the embodiment of Wisdom and Torah.
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Jani, Witness. "A comparison of Paul's sexual ethics in 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 with the sexual ethics of the so-called deutero-Pauline epistles of Ephesians and Colossians with a view toward the question of Pauline authorship." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2001. http://www.tren.com.

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Munnerlyn, Ross. "A reconsideration of the Colossian heresy." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1986. http://www.tren.com.

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Schüttler, Matthias. "Das Gemeindegebet für die Mission bei Paulus Untersucht am Beispiel des Kolosserbriefes : eine exegetische, theologische und missiologische Untersuchung = The prayer of the church for missions in the writings of Paul : an exemplary study of the letter to the Colossians /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.

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McGahey, James R. "The Colossian hymn its form, background, and Christology /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1985. http://www.tren.com.

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DeMaris, Richard E. "The Colossian controversy : wisdom in dispute at Colossae /." Sheffield : Sheffield Academic press, 1994. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb35694672f.

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Doyle, Ryan J. "The significance of [PROTOTOKOS] in the Colossian hymn." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2004. http://www.tren.com.

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