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A reassessment of the role of Paul as a man of prayer and worship, placing his letters in their original context as epistolary rituals of worship.
In this interpretation of the corpus of the thirteen New Testament letters attributed to Paul, Heil establishes a connection between communal worship and the New Testament. The author focuses on the key theme of 'worship', understanding it in its most comprehensive sense in the biblical tradition, with the liturgical and the ethical facets of worship held in dynamic interrelationship. The reader is offered a fresh way of reading and listening to the letters of Paul for a deeper understanding of their original purpose and message.
In this interpretation of the corpus of the thirteen New Testament letters attributed to Paul, Heil establishes a connection between communal worship and the New Testament. The author focuses on the key theme of 'worship', understanding it in its most comprehensive sense in the biblical tradition, with the liturgical and the ethical facets of worship held in dynamic interrelationship. The reader is offered a fresh way of reading and listening to the letters of Paul for a deeper understanding of their original purpose and message.
Price: $29.99
Pages: 216
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: James Clarke
Publication Date:
28 June 2012
Trim Size: 9.02 X 6.02 in
ISBN: 9780227680070
Format: Paperback
When Heil calls the thirteen letters of Paul 'rituals of worship', he means that each is written as a script to be performed for a community gathered for worship over which Paul presides through the letter, thereby evoking and sharing in the prayer of his audience. Heil also explores how the language of the letters uses imagery from temple worship metaphorically, to interpret Christian life itself as worship. Heil manages to provide a fresh, pastoral reading of the Pauline corpus as a whole.
— Dennis Hamm SJ, Department of Theology, Creighton University
Heil has provided a survey of these letters which clearly demonstrates the centrality of worship in Paul's theology.
— Daniel J. Hanlon
...a clear and manageable survey of worship in the Pauline corpus that could serve as a helpful supplement to more traditional studies ... [John Paul Heil] offers an important corrective to traditional readings of Paul's letters as theology.
— Tyler A. Stewart
Heil successfully demonstrates that worship was a primary motive for Paul and remains a framework in which the letters must still be read ... Heil has given laypersons and ministers a helpful glimpse into Paul's letter as conduits for worship, and has provided a necessary reminder to academics that Paul's original literary intentions were that of worship.
— Haley Goranson
— Dennis Hamm SJ, Department of Theology, Creighton University
Heil has provided a survey of these letters which clearly demonstrates the centrality of worship in Paul's theology.
— Daniel J. Hanlon
...a clear and manageable survey of worship in the Pauline corpus that could serve as a helpful supplement to more traditional studies ... [John Paul Heil] offers an important corrective to traditional readings of Paul's letters as theology.
— Tyler A. Stewart
Heil successfully demonstrates that worship was a primary motive for Paul and remains a framework in which the letters must still be read ... Heil has given laypersons and ministers a helpful glimpse into Paul's letter as conduits for worship, and has provided a necessary reminder to academics that Paul's original literary intentions were that of worship.
— Haley Goranson
Introduction: The Letters of Paul as Rituals of Worship
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Romans
Philemon
Colossians
Ephesians
Philippians
Titus
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Conclusion: The Letter of Paul as Rituals of Worship
Bibliography
Scripture Index
Author Index
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Romans
Philemon
Colossians
Ephesians
Philippians
Titus
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Conclusion: The Letter of Paul as Rituals of Worship
Bibliography
Scripture Index
Author Index