David A. DeSilva
Autor de An Introduction to the New Testament: Contexts, Methods & Ministry Formation
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Obras de David A. DeSilva
Invitation to the New Testament: Participant Book (A Short-term DISCIPLE Bible Study) (2005) 175 copias
Perseverance in Gratitude: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews (2000) 142 copias
The Letter to the Galatians (New International Commentary on the New Testament (NICNT)) (2018) 72 copias
Galatians: A Handbook on the Greek Text (Baylor Handbook on the Greek New Testament) (2014) 38 copias
Despising Shame: Honor Discourse and Community Maintenance in the Epistle to the Hebrews (1996) 29 copias
The Jewish Teachers of Jesus, James, and Jude: What Earliest Christianity Learned from the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha (2012) 24 copias
Discovering Revelation: Content, Interpretation, Reception (Discovering Biblical Texts (DBT)) (2021) 13 copias
The Credentials of an Apostle: Paul's Gospel in 2 Corinthians 1-7 (Bibal Monograph Series, 4) (1998) 5 copias
Jews in the Diaspora 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible (2005) — Contribuidor, algunas ediciones — 529 copias
The World of the New Testament: Cultural, Social, and Historical Contexts (2013) — Contribuidor — 163 copias
The Faith of Jesus Christ: Exegetical, Biblical, and Theological Studies (2009) — Contribuidor — 108 copias
Reading Revelation in Context: John's Apocalypse and Second Temple Judaism (2019) — Contribuidor — 39 copias
Vision and Persuasion: Rhetorical Dimensions of Apocalyptic Discourse (1999) — Contribuidor — 14 copias
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- DeSilva, David Arthur
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- deSilva, David Arthur (way the author wants it)
德席爾瓦 - Fecha de nacimiento
- 1967-04-15
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- male
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- USA
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No one will consider the author's commentary to be "brief," as the Hebrews author asks his audience to bear with his "brief" exhortation. The commentary is wide-ranging but does focus on its theme: socio-rhetorical.
The "rhetorical" part features deSilva's continual reference to the various forms of rhetoric in use in the Greek world with ample quotations from Aristotle and others, all to display just how elevated the Hebrews author's Greek rhetoric proves to be.
The "socio" part involves well and deep researched understanding of the letter in a first century Greco-Roman milieu. deSilva provides plenty of evidence to buttress his major patron-client thesis, that the Hebrews author exhorts his audience to behave as if they were the clients of God the patron, replete with references from Seneca and others about the nature of the patron-client relationship. He is sensitive to the honor-shame dynamic in ancient society.
deSilva particularly excels at embracing the ambiguities inherent in the letter's situation: the author and audience know each other, but we do not know who they are in specifics. For instance, deSilva, of all the commentaries I read, brought out how the audience is expected to know and feel affinity for Timothy, and that is a major strike against the Jerusalem hypothesis, and much more in favor of Italy, Asia Minor, Greece, or somewhere else more firmly within the Pauline circle. And yet deSilva does well at not imposing a framework based on assumptions of audience and author, but allows the substance of the letter to inform its purpose: to encourage Christians who were starting to grow weary to persevere, always expressing gratitude to God for all He has done for them (and thus the title).
The author's exegesis is valuable. He is very much in conversation with the other commentators on Hebrews. His modern applications are uncomfortably apt.
It's a major endeavor to read and absorb this commentary, but it deserves its standing. If you are interested in Hebrews, or preaching/teaching through it, this is an essential read.… (más)