Overview
Kowalski addresses the Pauline understanding of S/spirit in Romans 8, as compared to the Stoic idea of pneuma. The author first analyzes the Stoic views on pneuma perceived in a variety of life-giving, cognitive-ethical, unifying, reproductive and inspiring functions. The aforementioned features are taken as a starting point for the comparison with Paul to which, however, the third element is added, the Jewish texts of the Second Temple period. These include the Old Testament but also The Book of Enoch, The Book of Jubilees, Qumran, The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, The Psalms of Solomon, Philo of Alexandria, Flavius Josephus, LAB, Joseph and Aseneth, 4 Book of Ezra and 2 Book of Baruch. Such a rich comparative material contributes to the novelty of the book and enables the reader to discover both the similarities and differences between Paul, Greco-Roman and Jewish authors. The study analyzes Romans 8 in its rhetorical context and brings to light the novelty of the Pauline view of the Spirit. The apostle portrays it in its primary cognitive-ethical and communitarian function of making the believers similar to Christ and inculcating in them the Lord’s mindset and attitudes. Paul presents the Spirit as dwelling within a person, similarly to God inhabiting the Jerusalem temple, and as the mediator of the resurrected life. In the original Pauline take the Spirit enables a close union between God and human beings in which the latter keep their freedom and distinctive personal traits.
Full Product Details
Author: Prof. Dr. Marcin Kowalski ,
Prof. Adam Kubiś ,
Prof. Nicholas Adams ,
Prof. Marek Jagodziński
Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG
Imprint: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG
Edition: 1. Edition
Dimensions:
Width: 16.00cm
, Height: 3.60cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.892kg
ISBN: 9783525500200
ISBN 10: 3525500203
Pages: 469
Publication Date: 04 December 2023
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Author Information
Marcin Kowalski, Prof. dr hab., is Assistant Professor at the Chair of Biblical Theology and Proforistics, Institute of Biblical Studies, the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (KUL). Adam Kubiś is Professor at the Faculty of Theology / Institute of Biblical Studies at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin. Marek Jagodziński, Prof. Dr. hab., is Professor in the Chair of the Orthodox Theology at the Faculty of Theology, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland, and Major Seminary in Radom, Poland.
