TY  - BOOK
AU  - Buch-Hansen,Gitte
TI  - "It is the Spirit that gives life": a Stoic understanding of pneuma in John's Gospel 
T2  - Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und Kunde der älteren Kirche
SN  - 9783110225983
AV  - BS2615.6.H62 B83 2010eb
U1  - 226.5/06709015 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Berlin, New York
PB  - De Gruyter
KW  - Philo,
KW  - Bible
KW  - John
KW  - Theology
KW  - fast
KW  - Bibel
KW  - Johannesevangelium
KW  - gnd
KW  - Spirit
KW  - Biblical teaching
KW  - Holy Spirit
KW  - History of doctrines
KW  - Early church, ca. 30-600
KW  - Stoics
KW  - Esprit
KW  - Enseignement biblique
KW  - Saint-Esprit
KW  - Stoïcisme
KW  - stoicism
KW  - aat
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Biblical Studies
KW  - New Testament
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Jesus, the Gospels & Acts
KW  - Pneuma
KW  - Begriff
KW  - Stoa
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Frontmatter; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. History of Research. Cosmos in the Fourth Gospel; Chapter 2. Cosmology in Stoicism. The Discourse of Physics; Chapter 3. Philo's Divine Generation. The Safer Way to Truth; Chapter 4. The First Pneumatic Event. The Descent of the Spirit as Jesus' Divine Generation; Chapter 5. John's Call from the Wilderness for a Better Guidance of the Way to the Lord; Chapter 6. Regeneration as Hermeneutical Competence. The Johannine Signs and the Meta-Story of Pneumatic Transformations; Chapter 7. The Penultimate Pneumatic Event. "It Is the Spirit That Gives Life" (6:63). Jesus' Ascent and Translation into the FatherChapter 8. The Ultimate Pneumatic event. Worshippers in Spirit and Truth. The Quest for the Father The Quest of the Father; Backmatter
N2  - Since Origen and Chrysostom, Johns Gospel has been valued as the most spiritual among the New Testament writings. Although Origen recognizes the Stoic character of Johns statement that "God is pneuma" (4:24), an examination of the gospel in light of Stoic physics has not yet been carried out. Instead the Johannine spirit has been absorbed into the Word and lost its distinct character as physical mediator between the divine and humane spheres. Combining her insight into Stoic physics and ancient physiology, the author situates her thesis in the major discussions of modern Johannine
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