{"product_id":"the-first-theologians-a-study-in-early-christian-prophecy-9780802839794","title":"The First Theologians: A Study in Early Christian Prophecy","description":"\u003ci\u003eThis is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe First Theologians\u003c\/i\u003e represents an important contribution to the scholarly investigation of the nature and function of early Christian prophecy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This topic, occasioned by Harnack's publication of \u003ci\u003eThe Didache\u003c\/i\u003e text in 1884, is one that continues to vex New Testament scholars, who have been unable to reach widespread assent on certain pressing questions: What were the function and location of the prophets in early Christianity? What were the nature and authority of their prophesying? What were the forms and content of their prophecy? Such questions point up the issues involved in the inquiry as it has developed, but the question of just what early Christian prophets were doing when they were prophesying remains open. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Thomas Gillespie refocuses the issue by looking at the apostle Paul's own description of the prophetic phenomenon in 1 Corinthians. From a careful exegesis of Paul's arguments in chapters 12 and 14 and 2:6-16, Gillespie puts forth the idea that Paul understood Christian prophecy \"as Spirit-inspired interpretation of the theological and ethical implications of the apostolic kerygma.\" Because prophecy represents primary reflection on the implications of the gospel, its yield may be termed theology. Therefore Gillespie is able to call the early Christian prophets the first true theologians of the church.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas W. Gillespie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.92h x 5.96w x 0.86d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802839794\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40635186970739,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":33.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_f0458680-b6a8-49f2-87dd-68dd3dd171eb.jpg?v=1671809570","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-first-theologians-a-study-in-early-christian-prophecy-9780802839794","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}