03013cam a22004214a 4500 ocm50767803 OCoLC 20221110074302.0 020926s2002 enk b 001 0 eng 2002032923 GBA2-68182 0830826130 (paper : alk. paper) 9780830826131 (paper : alk. paper) 0851112722 9780851112725 (OCoLC)50767803 (OCoLC)50782378 (OCoLC)79270094 DLC eng DLC ABF C#P BAKER HNW BTCTA YDXCP CBC UKM NLGGC OCLCA OCLCQ OCLCA ZAAPA pcc BS2655.T5 P36 2002 227/.06 21 234.80 NSBT 11.46 bcl Pao, David W. 43766 Thanksgiving : an investigation of a Pauline theme / David W. Pao. Leicester, England : Apollos ; Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, 2002. 212 pages ; 22 cm. New studies in biblical theology ; 13 Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-196) and indexes. Thanksgiving as God-centredness. Source and traditions ; Epistolary thanksgiving ; A cross-cultural examination ; To say 'Thanks' ; Thanksgiving and worship ; Thanksgiving as God-centredness -- Thanksgiving within the covenantal traditions. God and his people ; The past in covenantal traditions ; The present in covenenantal traditions ; The future in covenantal traditions ; Paul and the covenantal traditions ; Thanksgiving and the covenantal traditions -- Thanksgiving and covenantal history. Thanksgiving as remembrance ; Remembrance as a covenantal act ; Confessing the mighty acts of God ; Climax of history ; 'Do this in remembrance of me' ; The Pauline gospel ; Divine acts through human agency ; Grace and thanksgiving -- A life of thanksgiving. To walk in him ; Anti-idol polemic ; Thanksgiving offering ; In all circumstances ; Redefinition of the structure of authority ; Covenantal relationship -- Thanksgiving and the future. Faithful and powerful God ; Bridging the past and the future ; Future as grounds for thanksgiving ; In light of the future -- Ingratitude. Rejection of the mighty acts of God ; Forgetting their Lord and worshipping idols ; 'Do not grumble, as some of them did' ; 'They neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him' ; 'Lovers of themselves' -- Pauline thanksgiving and the Greco-Roman benefaction system. The Greco-Roman patron-client network ; Gratitude in the patron-client relationship ; Pauline thanksgiving and the patronage model. Bible. Epistles of Paul Theology. 43763 Bible. Epistles of Paul Criticism, interpretation, etc. 43764 Gratitude Biblical teaching. 43767 Brieven van Paulus. gtt 43768 Dankbaarheid. gtt 43769 New studies in biblical theology (InterVarsity Press) ; 13. 43765 ddc BK 0 19458 19458 0 0 ddc 0 1 DAPA DAPA 2013-10-22 0 234.80 NSBT APA025052 2013-10-22 1 2013-10-22 RES