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Signs, Wonders, and Gifts
Jennifer Eyl
其他書名
Divination in the Letters of Paul
出版Oxford University Press, 2019-06-03
主題Religion / GeneralBibles / GeneralReligion / Christian Church / HistoryReligion / Biblical Studies / General
ISBN01909246759780190924676
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ctGaDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋In much of the scholarship on Paul, activities such as speaking in tongues, prophecy, and miracle healings are either ignored or treated as singular occurrences. Typically, these practices are categorized in such a way that shields Paul and his followers from the influence of so-called paganism. In Signs, Wonders, and Gifts, Jennifer Eyl masterfully argues that Paul did, in fact, engage in range of divinatory and wonder-working practices that were widely recognized and accepted across the ancient Mediterranean. Eyl redescribes, reclassifies, and recontextualizes Paul's repertoire vis-á-vis such widespread, similar practices. Situating these activities within the larger framework of reciprocity that dominated human-divine relationships in antiquity, she demonstrates that divine powers and divine communication were bestowed as benefactions toward Paul and his gentile followers in proportion to their faithfulness and loyalty.