PAUL THE LETTER WRITER: AN EPISTOLARY ANALYSIS OF THE LETTER TO PHILEMON

題目：PAUL THE LETTER WRITER: AN EPISTOLARY ANALYSIS OF THE LETTER TO PHILEMON

講員： Dr. Jeffrey A. D. Weima – Calvin Theological Seminary 新約教授

簡介：

This presentation will demonstrate that the apostle Paul is an extremely skilled letter writer who carefully adapts and improvises his expected letter-writing practices in ways that powerfully and persuasively express what he, under the leading of the Holy Spirit, intends to communicate. These changes in the epistolary form of what Paul writes are never innocent or accidental but instead are conscious and deliberate, and therefore provide an important interpretative key to determine his meaning and purpose. This method of interpreting Paul’s letters, usually labeled “epistolary analysis,” will be illustrated by a careful examination of the apostle’s brief but impressive letter to Philemon.

講員簡歷： Dr. Jeffrey Weima is Professor of New Testament at Calvin Theological Seminary, where he has taught for 31 years. He is a sought-after speaker who is able to communicate well the truths of the Bible in an interesting, contemporary and practical manner. Jeff has published six books thus far: Neglected Endings: The Significance of the Pauline Letter Closings (Sheffield 1994); An Annotated Bibliography of 1 and 2 Thessalonians (Brill 1998); two commentaries on 1 & 2 Thessalonians–one brief (Zondervan 2002) and the other extensive (710 pages; Baker 2014); and Paul the Ancient Letter Writer: An Introduction to Epistolary Analysis (Baker 2016).His sixth and latest book is entitled The Sermons to the Seven Churches of Revelation: A Commentary & Guide (Baker 2021). Jeff is also the author of numerous scholarly articles, academic essays and book reviews. He is an active member of several academic societies, lectures in countries all over the world, leads biblical study tours to Greece, Turkey, Israel/Jordan, and Italy, conducts intensive preaching seminars for pastors, and preaches/speaks widely in churches in both the USA and Canada. Jeff and his wife, Bernice, have been married for 40 years. They have four married children and ten very cute grandkids.