Screen LibraryThe holy spirit, inspiration, and the cultures of antiquity : multidisciplinary perspectives /
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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De Gruyter,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin/Boston : |
| Publication Dates: | [2014] |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Ekstasis: religious experience from antiquity to the middle ages;
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| Summary: |
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. |
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1 online resource(xvi,413pages) : illustrations. Also available in print edition. |
| ISBN: | 9783110310252（electronic bk.） |
| Index Number: | BT121 |
| CLC: | B972 |
| 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 in John 20:22 23 / Rua 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 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. |