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Author:   John Fleter Tipei ,  John Christopher Thomas
Publisher:   University Press of America
Imprint:   University Press of America
Dimensions:   Width: 15.40cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.20cm
Weight:   0.515kg
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9780761844273

ISBN 10:   0761844279
Pages:   348
Publication Date:   10 December 2008
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION—The Hand as a Symbol of Power ,The Issue, Survey of Modern Scholarship on the Role of the Laying on of Hands in the New Testament, Statement of Purpose and Methodology, Delimitations. PART I: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE LAYING ON OF HANDS Chapter 2 THE LAYING ON OF HANDS IN THE JEWISH ENVIRONMENT—The Laying on of Hands in the Old Testament in Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, in the Qumran Literature, in Rabbinic Literature Chapter 3 THE LAYING ON OF HANDS IN THE GRAECO-ROMAN ENVIRONMENT—The Hellenistic Concept of Power, The Laying on of Hands in Healing, The Hands of Deities, Human Hands, The Laying on of Hands in Exorcism, The Laying on of Hands in the Installation of Officials, in Chapter 4 THE LAYING ON OF HANDS IN HEALING—Recent Perspectives on the Role of LH/Touch in Healing, Jesus' Use of the Hand in Healing, Exorcism by the Laying on of Hands, The Laying on of Hands and Healing Media, The Gesture for Healing in Light of the Old Testame Chapter 5 THE LAYING ON OF HANDS AS A MARK OF FAVOUR—The Blessing of the Children, The Disciples, The Gesture of Blessing in Light of the OT Terminology Chapter 6 THE LAYING ON OF HANDS FOR THE RECEPTION OF THE SPIRIT—Recent Perspectives on the Role of the LH in the Reception of the Spirit, Exegesis of Pertinent Passages in Acts, The Relationship between Baptism, LH and the Giving of the Spirit in Acts, The Signif Chapter 7 THE LAYING ON OF HANDS FOR COMMISSIONING AND ORDINATION—Commissioning/Ordination in Acts, Ordination/Commissioning in the Pastoral Epistles, The significance of the LH in appointment, The origin of the Christian rite of ordination, The uniformity of the Chapter 8 CONCLUSIONS

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John Tipei deals in a careful and historically-sensitive manner with a wide range of evidence for the practice of the laying-on of hands in biblical and post-biblical Jewish literature and in the Graeco-Roman world. Within this framework, he is able toconsider the New Testament material dispassionately and in detail, asking appropriate theological questions about the significance of the practice in Christian tradition, but without seeking to press a particular denominational or party line. I know of no other work that does such a thorough job of laying out the biblical evidence within its historical framework, and I believe it will soon become a standard work of reference.>>--Rev Canon Professor Dr Loveday Alexander, The University of

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John F. Tipei serves as Associate Professor of Biblical Theology, Rector of the Pentecostal Theological Seminary of Bucharest, Romania, and is an Ordained Bishop with the Church of God, Cleveland, TN. He holds an MDiv degree from the Church of God Theological Seminary in Cleveland, TN and a PhD degree in Biblical Studies from the University of Sheffield, UK.

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