The Spirit in Romans 8 : : Paul, the Stoics, and Jewish Authors in Dialogue / / Marcin Kowalski.

• Superior document: Lublin Theological Studies
• VerfasserIn: Kowalski, Marcin,
• Place / Publishing House: Göttingen, Germany : : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht,, [2024]; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Lublin theological studies.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (0 pages)

Table of Contents

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Body -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Pneuma in Paul in relation to Stoic theories -- 2. A preliminary evaluation of the theses concerning the presence of Stoic elements in Paul's pneumatology -- 3. The premises of the project -- Part One: The Spirit in Stoic Texts, the Old Testament, and Literature of the Second Temple Period -- Chapter One: The Stoic Concept of Pneuma -- 1. Pneuma as a particle of life -- 2. Pneuma as a cognitive element, connected to the soul, reason, and senses -- 3. Pneuma as a unifying element of the universe -- 4. Pneuma and the blending of substances (κρᾶσις) -- 5. Pneuma and the shaping of offspring -- 6. The spirit of poets, lovers, warriors, and prophets -- 7. Summary -- Chapter Two: The Phenomenology of the Spirit in the Old Testament -- 1. The spirit as a principle of life and unity of creation -- Conclusions: pneuma as a particle of life in the Old Testament and in the Stoa -- 2. The spirit - an element of human nature -- 2.1 The spirit and the volitional-emotional sphere of a person -- 2.2 Human spirit and virtues -- 2.3 The rational spirit and the soul -- 2.4 Conclusions: pneuma and human nature in the Old Testament and in the Stoics -- 3. The Spirit of God and its multiform manifestations in the Old Testament -- 3.1 The Spirit revealing God's presence and action -- 3.2 The Spirit enabling one to fulfill their mission -- 3.3 The Spirit of prophetic inspiration -- 3.4 The Spirit of the knowledge of God and of moral conduct -- 3.5 The Spirit's residing in a person -- 3.6 Conclusions: God's Spirit in the Old Testament and in the Stoics -- 4. Summary -- Chapter Three: The Spirit in Jewish Literature of the Second Temple Period -- 1. 1 Enoch -- 2. Jubilees -- 3. Dead Sea Scrolls -- 3.1 The spirit in creation.

3.2 The spirit as an individual's inner disposition -- 3.3 God's Spirit and its role in Qumran -- 3.4 Conclusions: Qumran and the Stoics on the human and divine Spirit -- 4. The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs -- 5. The Psalms of Solomon -- 6. Philo -- 6.1 Pneuma as wind and element of the created world -- 6.2 Pneuma as a particle of life -- 6.3 Human spirit, mind, and soul -- 6.4 The Spirit of God -- 6.5 Conclusions: the human and divine pneuma in Philo and the Stoics -- 7. Josephus -- 8. LAB -- 9. Joseph and Aseneth -- 10. 4 Ezra and 2 Baruch -- 11. Summary -- Part Two: Paul's Conception of the Spirit in Romans 8 -- Chapter Four: New Life and the Spirit in Paul's Argumentation in Romans 5-8 -- 1. Subjects raised in Romans 8 against the backdrop of Romans 5-8 -- 2. New life and the S/spirit in the context of Paul's argumentation in Rom 5-8 -- 3. Summary -- Chapter Five: Paul, the Stoics, and Jewish Authors in Dialog -- 1. The divine-human pneuma -- 1.1 The Spirit of God or the spirit of Paul (Rom 1:9)? -- 1.2 The S/spirit of life, slavery, and adoption (Rom 8:10,15) -- 1.3 God's Spirit communicating with the human spirit (Rom 8:16) -- 1.4 The divine-human pneuma, the Stoics, Jewish authors, and Paul -- 1.5 Conclusions: Paul, the Stoics, and Jewish authors on the overlapping divine and human pneuma -- 2. Pneuma as a cognitive entity -- 2.1 The Spirit and the fulfilment of the just requirement of the Law (Rom 8:4) -- 2.2 Thinking in accord with the Spirit (Rom 8:5-6) -- 2.3 Cognitive and ethical dimensions of the Spirit of adoption (Rom 8:14-17) -- 2.4 Cognitive pneuma, Stoic trends, and Paul -- 2.5 The originality of Paul's thought on the cognitive Spirit -- 2.6 Conclusions: the cognitive S/spirit according to Paul, the Stoics, and Jewish authors -- 3. God's Spirit in a human being.

3.1 The Spirit's residing in a human being according to Paul -- 3.2 Paul and Philo in dialog -- 3.3 Paul between Stoic immanence and the Jewish concept of the transcendent Spirit -- 3.4 Conclusions: the indwelling Spirit in Paul, the Stoics, and Jewish authors -- 4. Pneuma and the gift of eternal life -- 4.1 The Spirit of resurrection and its connection with Christ -- 4.2 Resurrection as a consequence of believers' similarity to Christ -- 4.3 Life-giving Stoic pneuma and the Spirit of resurrection in Jewish literature and in Paul -- 4.4 Conclusions: Paul, the Stoics, and Jewish authors on the Spirit of eternal life -- 5. The Spirit - a giver of unity -- 5.1 The Spirit of the prayer "Abba! Father!" (Rom 8:15) -- 5.2 The Spirit's prayer (Rom 8:26) and the creation's groaning (Rom 8:22-23) -- 5.3 The Spirit, Stoic sympatheia, and Jewish authors -- 5.4 Conclusions: the unifying character of the Spirit in Paul, the Stoics, and Jewish authors -- 6. The Spirit and the power to give birth to God's children -- 7. Summary -- General Conclusions: Paul, the Spirit, and Going beyond the Judaism/Hellenism Divide -- Abbreviations -- Grammars, Dictionaries, and Reference Works -- Ancient Works -- Bibliography -- Index of References -- Hebrew Bible / Old Testament -- New Testament -- Deuterocanonical Works and Septuagint -- Early Jewish Literature -- Pseudepigrapha -- Dead Sea Scrolls -- Philo -- Josephus -- Mishnah and Rabbinic Works -- Greco-Roman Literature -- Early Christian Literature -- Index of Authors.