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The Gospel of John had a particularly broad reception in ancient Christianity. This volume offers exemplary individual studies on key authors, overarching motifs, and exemplary texts. After the introductory presentation of the fields, genres, and media of the reception of John, the contributions are devoted to early Christian authors such as Clement, Tertullian, and Origen as well as central discourses of Christology and pneumatology. Specific studies examine the reception of particular texts such as the Jacob's Ladder, the Samaria pericope or the spear thrust scene, the structure of textual tradition and local traditions around »Bethabara« and the reception of ancient textual traditions up to the time of the Reformation. The studies show the multifaceted interconnectedness of Johannine texts and themes and the significance of this gospel for ancient Christianity.

Rezeption --- Frühchristentum

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The contributors to this volume explore the phenomena of authorship, attribution, and author function in literature produced in the ancient Mediterranean. Moving beyond traditional questions regarding forgery or authorial (in)authenticity, they analyze the roles that ascribed authorship plays in the production of textual networks, the construction of authoritative figures, and the history of literary culture and book culture. They include scholars whose work on authorship and attribution is mutually informative beyond disciplinary boundaries, particularly scholars of early Christianity, early Judaism, classics, and the ancient Near East.

Frühjudentum --- Frühchristentum --- Literatur --- Autorschaft --- Fiktion --- Antike

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Reinhard Feldmeier interprets biblical statements on the Spirit of God in the context of ancient religious and intellectual history, thereby revealing its fundamental significance for early Christianity and the ensuing need to "test the spirits". By holding the critical mirror of biblical testimonies up to the Spirit-forgetfulness of churches in the northern hemisphere and to the overemphasis of some churches in the Global South, his intention is to stimulate further theological reflection. The Holy Spirit is often granted only a minor role in many churches andtheologies. Yet in the Global South, where Christianity-in contrast to Europe and North America-is constantly expanding, the Spirit plays the leading role in Pentecostal and Neo-Pentecostal denominations, as well as in the charismatic renewal movements of the mainline churches. Reinhard Feldmeier engages that tension in the form of an exegetical study which interprets the biblical witnesses in the context of the religious and intellectual history of ancient Judaism and Graeco-Roman antiquity. Against this background, Feldmeier demonstrates both the fundamental significance of the Holy Spirit in early Christianity and the necessity of "testing the spirits" which it entailed. In this way, the author seeks to hold up the critical mirror of the biblical testimonies both to the Spirit-forgetfulness of churches in the northern hemisphere and to the overemphasis of some churches in the Global South and thus to provide both with impulses for further theological reflection.

Geist Gottes --- Konfessionen --- Exegese --- Antike --- Frühchristentum --- denominations --- Holy Ghost --- exegesis --- early christianity

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Pontius Pilatus, eine schillernde Persönlichkeit in der frühjüdischen und frühchristlichen Literatur mit enormer Wirkung bis in die Gegenwart, ist Thema dieser Geburtstagsgabe für Martin Stowasser. Die vielfältigen Versuche in der zweitausendjährigen Rezeptionsgeschichte, mit dieser Gestalt zurecht zu kommen, faszinieren nicht nur den Jubilar. Im vorliegenden Band schließen sich Kolleginnen und Kollegen nun an M. Stowassers Aufsatz "Pilatus bei Josephus" mit ihren eigenen Beiträgen zur historischen und literarischen Pilatusfigur an. Der Band mit Beiträgen von M. Tiwald, M. Öhler, K. Huber, C. Heil, V. Burz-Tropper, B. Repschinski, P. Bukovec, H.-U. Weidemann und A. Felber bildet die Vielfalt der Pilatusdarstellungen ab.

(Produktform)Paperback / softback --- (Zielgruppe)TheologInnen, JudaistInnen, an biblischen Figuren Interessierte. --- (BISAC Subject Heading)REL006090 --- Frühchristentum --- Frühjudentum --- Rezeptionsgeschichte --- (VLB-WN)1540: Hardcover, Softcover / Religion, Theologie

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Asceticism --- Hinduism --- History --- Upanishads --- Apophthegmata Patrum --- Criticism, interpretation, etc --- Askese. --- Brahmanismus. --- Frühchristentum. --- Sannyāsa. --- Frühchristentum. --- Sannyāsa. --- Hinduism. --- Upaniṣad. --- Apophthegmata Patrum. --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Asceticism - Comparative studies --- Asceticism - Hinduism --- Asceticism - History - Early church, ca 30-600