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

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 c...

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Contributors: Bowden, Andrew (Contributor) ; Frey, Jörg 1962- (Editor) ; Levison, John R. 1956- (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Berlin Boston De Gruyter [2014]
In: Ekstasis (5)
Year: 2014
Reviews:The Holy Spirit, Inspiration, and the Cultures of Antiquity. Multidisciplinary Perspectives. Ed. with A. Bowden (2016) (Bennema, Cornelis)
Series/Journal:Ekstasis 5
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Holy Spirit / Inspiration / Philosophy / Church / Early Judaism / Literature
B New Testament / Pneumatology
Further subjects:B Holy Spirit
B Holy Spirit History of doctrines
B Holy Spirit Jüdische Mystik Hellenistisch-römische Kultur Frühes Christentum Holy Spirit New Testament Christian origins pneumatology
B Christian origins
B Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament / RELIGION 
B pneumatology
B New Testament
B Conference program 2011 (Leiden)
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Erscheint auch als: 978-3-11-031026-9
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Summary: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.
Biographical note: Jörg Frey, University of Zurich, Switzerland; John R. Levison, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA.
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.
ISBN:3110310252
Access:Restricted Access
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/9783110310252