{"product_id":"a-cosmic-leap-of-faith-va-pizzuto-9789042916517","title":"A Cosmic Leap of Faith: An Authorial, Structural, and Theological Investigation of the Cosmic Christology in Col 1:15-20","description":"Among the array of christologies embodied within New Testament literature, the so-called \"hymn\" of Colossians 1:15-20 offers a unique and invaluable contribution to contemporary theological and inter-religious discourse. This is because it conveys what is arguably the highest christological affirmation within the canon. Pizzuto contends that the hymn is a creative and faith-filled composition by the same deutero-Pauline author of the Colossians epistle itself and demonstrates that there is an inextricable relationship between the chiastic structure of Col 1:15-20 and a proper understanding of its provenance, authorship and theology. Although the hymn echoes theological motifs consistent with Second Temple Judaism and loosely reflects a number of syncretistic influences, it is fundamentally the novelty of the \"Christ-event,\" - the historical impact of Jesus of Nazareth - that has been most influential in determining the christological categories of Col 1:15-20 and its larger epistolary framework. Pizzuto thus defends the overall integrity of the hymn against those who would assert that it reflects a pre-Christian or pre-Colossians origin. He concludes that Col 1:15-20 represents something of a \"leap\" beyond Pauline christology into a new and unequivocal conviction of the cosmic implications of the Cross.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Va Pizzuto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9042916516\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789042916517\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peeters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/16\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.08h x 5.94w x 0.68d","brand":"Va Pizzuto","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48450163278079,"sku":"9789042916517","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_08e9034a-db29-45ba-8a98-3cfc3b634343.jpg?v=1777266476","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-cosmic-leap-of-faith-va-pizzuto-9789042916517","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}