Peter Orr - Exalted Above the Heavens: The Risen and Ascended Christ

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Int Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology

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mt Masoretic Text

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NICNT New International Commentary on the New Testament

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PL Patrologia latina [= Patrologiae cursus completus: Series latina]. Edited by J.-P. Migne, 217 vols., Paris, 184464

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There are many people to whom I am very thankful for their help and support during the writing of this book. First and foremost, my sincere thanks to the governing board of Moore Theological College for granting me six months of study leave to work on this volume.

Thank you to everyone at SPCK/IVP, especially to senior commissioning editor Philip Duce for his help during the writing process, and to NSBT series editor Don Carson for his input and for agreeing to include this book in the series. Many thanks as well to Eldo Barkhuizen for his very capable copy-editing.

Two people in particular have had a profound impact on my theological formation: Mark Thompson and Peter OBrien. I would like to thank Mark friend, colleague and principal of Moore College for his unfailingly kind support and warm friendship over many years and particularly his encouragement during this period of writing. I am also very grateful to the Lord for Peter and his friendship, mentoring and godly Christian example over many years. This study had its genesis in a final-year project that Peter patiently supervised.

My colleagues on the faculty have been a wonderful support during this project in different ways. I want especially to thank my friends and colleagues in the New Testament department Lionel Windsor, Will Timmins, Pete Tong and Philip Kern. Philip as well as being a good friend, colleague and department head is a wonderful model of godly, careful teaching. Thanks too to Simon Gillham, Chase Kuhn and Dan Wu for their friendship and frequent encouragement while I wrote this book.

Portions of this book have appeared in expanded form in my earlier work Christ Absent and Present published by Mohr Siebeck Tbingen in their WUNT series. I am extremely thankful to Mohr Siebeck for granting me the permission to reuse this material in its current form.

A number of people have very kindly read portions of this book or helped with its production in other ways. Thank you to Andrew Court, Jack Hamer, Kate Hamer, Pat OKeeffe, Paul Searle, Andrew West, Mark Woodhouse and Paul Young. Thanks to the students of Moore College for their encouragement while writing particularly the lunch-time cricketers.

Thanks to the wonderful church family at All Saints Petersham. I also want to thank a number of friends who have, in different ways, given particular encouragement or support during this writing process and for whom I am very thankful to God: Andrew and Kath Bruce; Leo and Vicky Davison; Ben and Sara Gray; Russ and Aimee Grinter; Luke and Anna Jackson; Andrew and Michelle Price; Mark and Sarah Rainbow; and Ross and Megan Walker.

Thank you to my family; to my sister Susannah Orr for her love and support; to my sons Ben, Ollie, Jonny and Daniel for helping me to take my mind off writing as we read stories, played basketball, watched water polo and listened to podcasts about exploding whales. I pray that you will understand the content of this book one day. To my wife, Emma: there is not enough space to write everything for which I am thankful to the delight of my life.

Finally, to the dedicatees of this book my mum and dad. Thank you for everything. I hope this one is more readable.

Soli Deo Gloria!

Peter Orr

Sydney

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