Thanksgiving: A Biblical-Theological Investigation of a Pauline Theme (New Studies in Biblical Theology)
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Thanksgiving: A Biblical-Theological Investigation of a Pauline Theme (New Studies in Biblical Theology)  -     By: David W. Pao

Thanksgiving: A Biblical-Theological Investigation of a Pauline Theme (New Studies in Biblical Theology)

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(from the cover) "Be thankful" (Colossians 3:15) is a recurring exhortation in the letters of the apostle Paul. No other New Testament writer gives such a sustained emphasis on thanksgiving--and yet, major modern studies of Paul fail to wrestle with it.

David Pao shows how, for Paul, thanksgiving is grounded in the covenantal traditions of salvation history. To offer thanks to God is to live a life of worship and to anticipate the future acts of God, all in submission to the lordship of Christ. Ingratitude to God is idolatry. Thanksgiving functions as a link between theology, including eschatology, and ethics.

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Title: Thanksgiving: A Biblical-Theological Investigation of a Pauline Theme (New Studies in Biblical Theology)
By: David W. Pao
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 204
Vendor: InterVarsity Press
Publication Date: 2003
Dimensions: 8.25 X 5.50 (inches)
Weight: 10 ounces
ISBN: 0830826130
ISBN-13: 9780830826131
Series: New Studies in Biblical Theology
Stock No: WW826130

Publisher's Description

"Be thankful" (Colossians 3:15) is a recurring exhortation in the letters of the apostle Paul. No other New Testament writer gives such a sustained emphasis on thanksgiving—and yet, major modern studies of Paul fail to wrestle with it. David Pao aims to rehabilitate this theme in this comprehensive and accessible study, a New Studies in Biblical Theology volume. He shows how, for Paul, thanksgiving is grounded in the covenantal traditions of salvation history. To offer thanks to God is to live a life of worship and to anticipate the future acts of God, all in submission to the lordship of Christ. Ingratitude to God is idolatry. Thanksgiving functions as a link between theology, including eschatology, and ethics. Here Pao provides clear insights into the passion of an apostle who never fails to insist on the significance of both the gospel message and the response this message demands. Addressing key issues in biblical theology, the works comprising New Studies in Biblical Theology are creative attempts to help Christians better understand their Bibles. The NSBT series is edited by D. A. Carson, aiming to simultaneously instruct and to edify, to interact with current scholarship and to point the way ahead.

Author Bio

David W. Pao (PhD, Harvard University) is assistant professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He has also written Acts and the Isaianic New Exodus (Mohr Siebeck/Baker).

Editorial Reviews

"Very few treatments of this theme in Paul comprehensively reflect on the theology of thanksgiving and how such theology is deeply embedded in Paul's thought, and in the gospel itself. Pao supplies the lack, and does so in a way that is both informed and edifying. His study is not only the stuff of biblical theology and grist for many sermons but will prove to be the occasion for self-examination, repentance and a new resolve to be thankful." -- D. A. Carson, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (Deerfield, Illinois)

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