The Heavenlies in Ephesians: A Lexical, Exegetical, and Conceptual Analysis (The Library of New Testament Studies)

The Expression 'in The Heavenlies' Appears Five Times In Ephesians And Is Not Found At Any Other Point In The New Testament. The Two Appearances Which Have Provoked The Most Debate Are The Session Of Earthly Believers In 2:6 And The Presence Of The Spiritual Forces Of Evil In 6:12. M. Jeff Brannon Conducts A Lexical, Exegetical, And Conceptual Analysis Of The Expression Arguing Against The Prevailing Interpretation Of The Term And Provides In-depth Examinations Of Three Significant Concepts Associated With It; Namely The Redeemed On Earth Having A Heavenly Status, Evil Powers In Heaven, And The Cosmology Of Ephesians. Brannon Uses A Wide Range Of Sources; Greek, Jewish, The Apostolic Fathers, And The Septuagint. Brannon Concludes That There Is No Basis For A Distinction Between The Terms 'heavens' And 'in The Heavenlies' In Ephesians . He Also Asserts That Qumran And Apocalyptic Texts Can Shed Light Upon And Assist In A Proper Understanding Of The Difficult Passages In Which The Expression Appears.--provided By Publisher. Introduction -- The History Of Interpretation Of 'the Heavenlies' -- Study Of [epouranios] In Greek Literature Outside The New Testament -- New Testament Study Of [epouranios] -- Exegetical And Conceptual Analysis Of Ephesians 1.3-14 -- Exegetical, Conceptual, And Lexical Analysis Of Ephesians 1.15-23 -- Exegetical And Conceptual Analysis Of Ephesians 2.6 -- Exegetical And Conceptual Analysis Of Ephesians 3.1-13 -- Exegetical And Conceptual Analysis Of Ephesians 6.12 -- Excurses Related To 'the Heavenlies' In Ephesians -- Conclusion. M. Jeff Brannon. Minor Revision Of The Author's Thesis (ph. D.)--university Of Edinburgh. A Continuum Imprint--t.p. Verso. Includes Abstract. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [223]-239) And Indexes. Introduction -- The History Of Interpretation Of 'the Heavenlies' -- Study Of ἐπουράνιος In Greek Literature Outside The New Testament -- New Testament Study Of ἐπουράνιος -- Exegetical And Conceptual Analysis Of Ephesians 1.3-14 -- Exegetical, Conceptual, And Lexical Analysis Of Ephesians 1.15-23 -- Exegetical And Conceptual Analysis Of Ephesians 2.6 -- Exegetical And Conceptual Analysis Of Ephesians 3.1-13 -- Exegetical And Conceptual Analysis Of Ephesians 6.12 -- Excurses Related To 'the Heavenlies' In Ephesians -- Conclusion. The Expression 'in The Heavenlies' Appears Five Times In Ephesians And Is Not Found At Any Other Point In The New Testament. The Two Appearances Which Have Provoked The Most Debate Are The Session Of Earthly Believers In 2:6 And The Presence Of The Spiritual Forces Of Evil In 6:12. M. Jeff Brannon Conducts A Lexical, Exegetical, And Conceptual Analysis Of The Expression Arguing Against The Prevailing Interpretation Of The Term And Provides In-depth Examinations Of Three Significant Concepts Associated With It; Namely The Redeemed On Earth Having A Heavenly Status, Evil Powers In Heaven, And The Cosmology Of Ephesians. Brannon Uses A Wide Range Of Sources; Greek, Jewish, The Apostolic Fathers, And The Septuagint. Brannon Concludes That There Is No Basis For A Distinction Between The Terms 'heavens' And 'in The Heavenlies' In Ephesians . He Also Asserts That Qumran And Apocalyptic Texts Can Shed Light Upon And Assist In A Proper Understanding Of The Difficult Passages In Which The Expression Appears.--provided By Publisher. Introduction -- The History Of Interpretation Of 'the Heavenlies' -- Study Of [epouranios] In Greek Literature Outside The New Testament -- New Testament Study Of [epouranios] -- Exegetical And Conceptual Analysis Of Ephesians 1.3-14 -- Exegetical, Conceptual, And Lexical Analysis Of Ephesians 1.15-23 -- Exegetical And Conceptual Analysis Of Ephesians 2.6 -- Exegetical And Conceptual Analysis Of Ephesians 3.1-13 -- Exegetical And Conceptual Analysis Of Ephesians 6.12 -- Excurses Related To 'the Heavenlies' In Ephesians -- Conclusion. M. Jeff Brannon. Minor Revision Of The Author's Thesis (ph. D.)--university Of Edinburgh. A Continuum Imprint--t.p. Verso. Includes Abstract. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [223]-239) And Indexes. Introduction -- The History Of Interpretation Of 'the Heavenlies' -- Study Of ἐπουράνιος In Greek Literature Outside The New Testament -- New Testament Study Of ἐπουράνιος -- Exegetical And Conceptual Analysis Of Ephesians 1.3-14 -- Exegetical, Conceptual, And Lexical Analysis Of Ephesians 1.15-23 -- Exegetical And Conceptual Analysis Of Ephesians 2.6 -- Exegetical And Conceptual Analysis Of Ephesians 3.1-13 -- Exegetical And Conceptual Analysis Of Ephesians 6.12 -- Excurses Related To 'the Heavenlies' In Ephesians -- Conclusion. The expression 'in the heavenlies' appears five times in Ephesians and is not found at any other point in the New Testament. The two appearances which have provoked the most debate are the session of earthly believers in 2:6 and the presence of the spiritual forces of evil in 6:12. M. Jeff Brannon conducts a lexical, exegetical, and conceptual analysis of the expression arguing against the prevailing interpretation of the term and provides in-depth examinations of three significant concepts associated with it; namely the redeemed on earth having a heavenly status, evil powers in heaven, and the cosmology of Ephesians. Brannon uses a wide range of sources; Greek, Jewish, the Apostolic Fathers, and the Septuagint. Brannon concludes that there is no basis for a distinction between the terms 'heavens' and 'in the heavenlies' in Ephesians . He also asserts that Qumran and apocalyptic texts can shed light upon and assist in a proper understanding of the difficult passages in which the expression appears.--Résumé de l'éditeur 880-01 Introduction -- The history of interpretation of 'the heavenlies' -- Study of [epouranios] in Greek literature outside the New Testament -- New Testament study of [epouranios] -- Exegetical and conceptual analysis of Ephesians 1.3-14 -- Exegetical, conceptual, and lexical analysis of Ephesians 1.15-23 -- Exegetical and conceptual analysis of Ephesians 2.6 -- Exegetical and conceptual analysis of Ephesians 3.1-13 -- Exegetical and conceptual analysis of Ephesians 6.12 -- Excurses related to 'the heavenlies' in Ephesians -- Conclusion.