Heavenly perspective : a study of the apostle Paul's response to a Jewish mystical movement at Colossae - Smith, Ian K. (London ; New York : T & T Clark, 2006)
Intorduction -- Overview of scholarship -- Jewish mysticism -- Lordship of Christ : Colossians 2:6-8 -- Sufficiency of Christ : Colossians 2:9-15 -- Shadow of asceticism : Colossians 2:16-19 -- Impotence of the errorist's message : Colossians 2:20-23 -- What was the Colossian philosophy? -- Christology : the antidote to error : Colossians1:15-20 -- Bridger to exhortation : Colossians 3:1-4 -- Epistolary araenesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-233) and indexes.
Keywords: Bible. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Mysticism -- Judaism -- History