John and Philosophy - A New Reading of the Fourth Gospel

Zusatztext This book is a mine of careful scholarship, interacting particularly with contemporary German commentators, and a product of commendably close reading ... The is written with passion and conviction. Informationen zum Autor Troels Engberg-Pedersen is Professor of New Testament exegesis at University of Copenhagen.His publications include Cosmology and Self in the Apostle Paul: The Material Spirit (Oxford University Press, 2010), Paul in his Hellenistic Context (T&T Clark, 2004), and Paul Beyond the Judaism/Hellenism Divide (Westminster John Knox Press, 2001). He is co-editor of Stoicism in Early Christianity (with Tuomas Rasimus and Ismo Dunderberg; Baker,2010) and The Emotions in Hellenistic Philosophy (with Juha Sihvola; Springer, 2009). Klappentext This work provides a new Stoic reading of the Fourth Gospel with particular attention to its cosmology, epistemology, and ethics. Zusammenfassung This work provides a new Stoic reading of the Fourth Gospel with particular attention to its cosmology, epistemology, and ethics. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: A Return to the Text 2: The Unity of Logos and Pneuma in John Chapter 1 3: Logos and Pneuma in the Body of the Gospel 4: The Philosophical Search in Chapters 2-4 5: The Son Equals the Father and His Pneumatic Body Gives Life (Chapters 5-6) 6: Types of Belief and the Role of Pneuma in John's Epistemology of Faith (Chapters 7-8) 7: Who Can See What Jesus' Acts Signify (Chapters 9-10)? 8: From Believing in Jesus to Possessing His Logos (Chapters 11-12) 9: The Farewell Discourse as Paraklesis (Chapters 13-17) 10: The Execution of the Plan (Chapters 18-20) 11: John and his Predecessors: Paul and Mark

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• Authors: Troels Engberg-Pedersen, Troels (Professor of New Testame Engberg-Pedersen, Troels (Professor of New Testament exegesis Engberg-Pedersen, Engberg-Pedersen Troels
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.02.2017
• EAN: 9780198792505
• ISBN: 978-0-19-879250-5
• No. of pages: 430
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, History of Religion, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, New Testaments, The Early Church, Biblical Commentaries