The Holy Spirit, Inspiration, and the Cultures of Antiquity : : Multidisciplinary Perspectives / / ed. by Jörg Frey, John Levison.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• MitwirkendeR: Al-Suadi, Soham,; Becker, Michael,; Bowden, Andrew,; Ego, Beate,; Frey, Jörg,; Gunkel, Heidrun,; Hirsch-Luipold, Rainer,; Levison, John R.,; Newman, Judith H.,; Rabens, Volker,; Tieleman, Teun,; Tigchelaar, Eibert J. C.,; Timmers, Fulco,; Weissenrieder, Annette,
• HerausgeberIn: Frey, Jörg,; Levison, John,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Ekstasis: Religious Experience from Antiquity to the Middle Ages , 5
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (413 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- The Origins of Early Christian Pneumatology: On the Rediscovery and Reshaping of the History of Religions Quest -- The Spirit of Stoicism -- Plutarch and Pentecost: An Exploration in Interdisciplinary Collaboration -- “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 -- The Infusion of the Spirit: The Meaning of ἐμφυσάω in John 20:22–23 -- Ruaḥ and the Beholding of God– From Ezekiel’s Vision of the Divine Chariot to Merkaba Mysticism -- Historical Origins of the Early Christian Concept of the Holy Spirit -- Speech and Spirit: Paul and the Maskil as Inspired Interpreters of Scripture -- Philo of Alexandria’s Understanding of πνεῦμα in Deus 33–50 -- Pneuma and the Beholding of God: Reading Paul in the Context of Philonic Mystical Traditions -- Spirit in Relationship–Pneumatology in the Gospel of John -- How did the Spirit become a Person? -- Index: Ancient Texts -- Index: Modern Authors -- Index of Subjects and Ancient Names