The Holy Spirit, Inspiration, and the Cultures of Antiquity : : Multidisciplinary Perspectives /

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

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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 connection...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (413 p.)
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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

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