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Colossians: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Apostle Paul’s Letter to the Colossians offers a valuable and intimate glimpse into the life of a fledgling Christian community as it struggled to define Christian doctrine and theology. Paul was prompted to write to the Colossian assembly when he heard that “false teachers” had joined the congregation and were advocating dangerous, non-Christian practices. In an effort to appear superior,...

Among the names of the deities worshipped, Sabazius, Dionysus, Men, Attis, more rarely Mithras, figure prominently, and beside them the earth- and mother-goddess Cybele, upon whom honors formerly reserved for Anahita, the companion of Mithras in Persia, were conferred. Colossian coins of the Roman period show the names, symbols, or pictures of Isis, Serapis, Helios, Demeter, Artemis, and Men. Forms of worship included procession and sacrifice, lamentation and jubilation accompanied by musical instruments,
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