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In Search of the Spirit: Selected Works, Volume Two
The Spirit and Early Jewish Literature
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eBook - ePub
In Search of the Spirit: Selected Works, Volume Two
The Spirit and Early Jewish Literature
About this book
In his trailblazing studies of the spirit in Jewish and Christian antiquity, John R. (Jack) Levison shatters theological and exegetical taxonomies. Should the spirit be understood as breath or Spirit--or both? Is the spirit directed to creation or salvation--or both? Is the spirit a force or an angel--or both? Does the spirit inspire ecstasy or wisdom--or both? When Levison transfers the starting point of pneumatology from the New Testament to the Hebrew Bible, from Christianity to Judaism, questions swell, assumptions detonate, and expectations flourish. Consequently, Levison's studies are considered "impressive and provocative" (Review of Biblical Literature), "delightful, engaging" (Catholic Biblical Quarterly), "impressive" (Journal of Ancient Judaism) and "a significant shift in research on understandings of the spirit in Judaism" (Journal of Theological Studies), with "profound ramifications for both Jewish and New Testament Studies" (Journal of Jewish Studies). Now, for the first time, selections of his breathtaking array of studies are available in three accessible volumes. In this volume, you will encounter Levison's unprecedented and probing studies of the spirit in early Judaism in the context of Greek and Roman thought, from Sirach to the Tosefta, from the Dead Sea Scrolls to Philo of Alexandria, from Judith to Josephus. As they engage, readers will understand why Reading Religion: A Publication of the American Academy of Religion forecasts that "Levison will continue to be at the center of our most fruitful discussions of pneumatology."
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Permissions
- Chapter 1: Did the Spirit Withdraw from Israel?
- Chapter 2: Judith 16:14 and the Creation of Woman
- Chapter 3: The Two Spirits in Qumran Theology
- Chapter 4: Inspiration and the Divine Spirit in the Writings of Philo Judaeus
- Chapter 5: Ascent and Inspiration in the Writings of Philo Judaeus
- Chapter 6: The Prophetic Spirit as an Angel According to Philo
- Chapter 7: Prophetic Inspiration in Pseudo-Philo’s Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum
- Chapter 8: The Debut of the Divine Spirit in Josephus’s Antiquities
- Chapter 9: The Angelic Spirit in Early Judaism
- Chapter 10: Retrospect and Prospect
- Bibliography
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