The 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 connections related to inspiration and the Holy Spirit. Essential reading for scholars of Judaism and the New Testament, as well as classicists and theologians.

About the author

Jörg Frey, UniversitätZürich, Schweiz; John R. Levison, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA.

Report

"All too often scholars pursue their research in isolation, and the interdisciplinary study and collaboration portrayed in this volume can be an example for other projects."
Cornelis Bennema in: Theologische Literaturzeitung 5/2016

Product details

• Assisted by: Jör Frey (Editor), Jörg Frey (Editor), Levison (Editor), Levison (Editor), John Levison (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.06.2017
• EAN: 9783110552300
• ISBN: 978-3-11-055230-0
• No. of pages: 413
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 24 mm x 230 mm
• Weight: 643 g
• Series: Ekstasis: Religious Experience from Antiquity to the Middle Ages; Ekstasis: Religious Experience from Antiquity to the Middle Ages; ISSN
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology