Churches under Siege of Persecution and Assimilation
B. J. Oropeza offers the most thorough examination in recent times on the subject of apostasy in the New Testament. The study examines each book of the New Testament with a fourfold approach that identifies the emerging Christian community in danger, the nature of apostasy that threatens the congregations, and the consequences of defection. Oropeza then compares the various perspectives of the communities in Christ in order to determine the ways in which they perceived apostasy and whether defectors could be restored. In this final book of a three-volume set titled Apostasy in the New Testament Communities, Oropeza focuses on the Christ communities found in the General Epistles and Revelation.
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Churches under Siege of Persecution and Assimilation
B. J. Oropeza offers the most thorough examination in recent times on the subject of apostasy in the New Testament. The study examines each book of the New Testament with a fourfold approach that identifies the emerging Christian community in danger, the nature of apostasy that threatens the congregations, and the consequences of defection. Oropeza then compares the various perspectives of the communities in Christ in order to determine the ways in which they perceived apostasy and whether defectors could be restored. In this final book of a three-volume set titled Apostasy in the New Testament Communities, Oropeza focuses on the Christ communities found in the General Epistles and Revelation.
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Churches under Siege of Persecution and Assimilation

Churches under Siege of Persecution and Assimilation

by B J Oropeza
Churches under Siege of Persecution and Assimilation

Churches under Siege of Persecution and Assimilation

by B J Oropeza

Overview

B. J. Oropeza offers the most thorough examination in recent times on the subject of apostasy in the New Testament. The study examines each book of the New Testament with a fourfold approach that identifies the emerging Christian community in danger, the nature of apostasy that threatens the congregations, and the consequences of defection. Oropeza then compares the various perspectives of the communities in Christ in order to determine the ways in which they perceived apostasy and whether defectors could be restored. In this final book of a three-volume set titled Apostasy in the New Testament Communities, Oropeza focuses on the Christ communities found in the General Epistles and Revelation.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781610972918
Publisher: Cascade Books
Publication date: 05/04/2012
Series: Apostasy in the New Testament Communities , #3
Pages: 344
Product dimensions: 6.90(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

B. J. Oropeza is Professor of Biblical Studies at Azusa Pacific University. He is the current founder and chair of Intertextuality in the New Testament sessions for the Society of Biblical Literature. Among his many publications are Jesus and Paul: Global Perspectives in Honor of James D. G. Dunn (2009), and Paul and Apostasy: Eschatology, Perseverance and Falling Away in the Corinthian Congregation (2000/2007).

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Abbreviations xi

Introduction 1

1 Hebrews: Warnings of Apostasy with No Restoration 3

2 James: Perseverance through Suffering and the Restoration of Jewish-Christian Apostates 71

3 1 Peter: Identity, Perseverance, and Persecution of Marginalized Christians 105

4 2 Peter: Denying the Parousia and Distorting Paul-Apostate Teachers in the Christian Community 132

5 Jude: Antinomianism and the Vilification of Apostate Church Intruders 154

6 Revelation: Overcoming Assimilation and the Imperial Cult in Asia Minor 175

Conclusion 234

Bibliography 249

Ancient Sources Index 267

Author Index 313

Subjects Index 318

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Professor B. J. Oropeza's three-volume work on perseverance and apostasy in the New Testament is certain to become the standard in the field for years to come . . . it is thoroughly exegetical, without attempting to promote established theological agendas."
-Don Garlington, author of Studies in the New Perspective on Paul

"In the final volume of this major study, B. J. Oropeza completes his survey of the various approaches to apostasy in the New Testament texts and communities. With plenty of insightful observations on each book, and valuable reflections on the similarities and the diversity encountered across the various texts, this work will be a point of reference on this important but somewhat neglected topic for some time to come."
-David G. Horrell
Professor of New Testament Studies
University of Exeter, UK

"Professor Oropeza provides readers with a stimulating study of apostasy in early Christian communities. It is an important (and much neglected) topic and warrants a careful, detailed study. What I especially like about Oropeza's approach is his skillful integration of exegesis, biblical theology, and historical and social contexts . . . Readers will come across a number of interpretive gems."
- Craig A. Evans
Payzant Distinguished Professor of New Testament, Acadia Divinity College, Nova Scotia, Canada

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