TY - JOUR
T1 - Gospel as news
T2 - Ευcombining comma aboveαγγελ- from Aristophanes to the apostle Paul
AU - Dickson, John P.
N1 - Copyright 2005 Cambridge University Press. Reprinted from New Testament studies.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Against the contentions of a number of NT scholars, the present article aims to demonstrate that the apostle Paul's gospel language never refers to ongoing Christian instruction and only ever connotes announcements which are news to those who hear them. This conclusion, which is maintained even in connection with Rom 1.15, a key text for the 'broad-ranging' view of ευcombining comma aboveαγγελ-, is shown to conform to the wholly consistent usage of gospel terminology throughout Graeco-Roman, Jewish and early Christian literature: 'gospel' is news.
AB - Against the contentions of a number of NT scholars, the present article aims to demonstrate that the apostle Paul's gospel language never refers to ongoing Christian instruction and only ever connotes announcements which are news to those who hear them. This conclusion, which is maintained even in connection with Rom 1.15, a key text for the 'broad-ranging' view of ευcombining comma aboveαγγελ-, is shown to conform to the wholly consistent usage of gospel terminology throughout Graeco-Roman, Jewish and early Christian literature: 'gospel' is news.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77949902020&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S0028688505000123
DO - 10.1017/S0028688505000123
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77949902020
SN - 0028-6885
VL - 51
SP - 212
EP - 230
JO - New Testament Studies
JF - New Testament Studies
IS - 2
ER -