Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XVI, 413 Seiten)
ISBN:
9783110310252
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9783110310269
Series Statement:
Ekstasis: Religious Experience from Antiquity to the Middle Ages 5
Content:
Main description: Early Christian claims to the Holy Spirit arose in a vibrant cultural matrix that included Stoicism, Jewish mysticism, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Greco-Roman medicine, and the perspectives of Plutarch. In a range of articles, this multidisciplinary volume discovers in these texts rich cultural connections related to inspiration and the Holy Spirit. Essential reading for scholars of Judaism and the New Testament, as well as classicists and theologians.
Content:
Biographical note: Jörg Frey, University of Zurich, Switzerland; John R. Levison, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Content:
Early Christian claims to the Holy Spirit arose in a vibrant cultural matrix that included Stoicism, Jewish mysticism, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Greco-Roman medicine, and the perspectives of Plutarch. In a range of articles, this multidisciplinary volume discovers in these texts rich cultural connections related to inspiration and the Holy Spirit. Essential reading for scholars of Judaism and the New Testament, as well as classicists and theologians.
Note:
FrontmatterPrefaceTable of ContentsAbbreviationsThe Origins of Early Christian Pneumatology: On the Rediscovery and Reshaping of the History of Religions Quest
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The Spirit of Stoicism
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Plutarch and Pentecost: An Exploration in Interdisciplinary Collaboration
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"Even before his birth he will be filled with the Holy Spirit"–Luke 1:15 in the Spectrum of Theological and Medical Discourses of Early Christianity
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The Infusion of the Spirit: The Meaning of ἐμφυσάω in John 20:22–23
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Ruaḥ and the Beholding of God– From Ezekiel’s Vision of the Divine Chariot to Merkaba Mysticism
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Historical Origins of the Early Christian Concept of the Holy Spirit
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Speech and Spirit: Paul and the Maskil as Inspired Interpreters of Scripture
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Philo of Alexandria’s Understanding of πνεῦμα in Deus 33–50
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Pneuma and the Beholding of God: Reading Paul in the Context of Philonic Mystical Traditions
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Spirit in Relationship–Pneumatology in the Gospel of John
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How did the Spirit become a Person?
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Index: Ancient TextsIndex: Modern AuthorsIndex of Subjects and Ancient Names.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110388305
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110310252
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110310269
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110310177
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Holy Spirit, inspiration, and the cultures of antiquity Berlin : De Gruyter, 2014 ISBN 9783110310177
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3110310171
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-3-11-031026-9
Language:
English
Subjects:
Theology
Keywords:
Heiliger Geist
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Inspiration
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Philosophie
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Frühchristentum
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Frühjudentum
;
Literatur
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Bibel Neues Testament
;
Pneumatologie
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Konferenzschrift
DOI:
10.1515/9783110310252
URL:
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Author information:
Frey, Jörg 1962-
Author information:
Levison, John R. 1956-
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