Die Beiträge dieses Bandes untersuchen die Bedeutung des Phänomens der spirituellen Metamorphose in der alttestamentlichen Weisheitsliteratur, in den Schriftrollen vom Toten Meer, in der griechisch-römischen Philosophie, in der neutestamentlichen Literatur sowie in anderen frühchristlichen Texten.
Die Beiträge dieses Bandes untersuchen die Bedeutung des Phänomens der spirituellen Metamorphose in der alttestamentlichen Weisheitsliteratur, in den Schriftrollen vom Toten Meer, in der griechisch-römischen Philosophie, in der neutestamentlichen Literatur sowie in anderen frühchristlichen Texten.
Inhaltsübersicht:
Albert L.A. Hogeterp Spiritual Transformation in Early Christianity and Beyond. Revisiting Paradigms and Perspectives
I. Ancient Jewish and Graeco-Roman ContextsMoritz F. Adam: Participation, Tradition, and Transformation: On the Ethics and Hermeneutics of Engaging in Jewish Wisdom Thinking and Practice -
Jörg Frey: The Transformation of the Spiritual Self in Selected Qumran Texts -
Johan C. Thom: Spiritual Transformation in Graeco-Roman Philosophy
II. GospelsGeorge Branch-Trevathan: Pierre Hadot's Spiritual Exercises and Matthew 5-7 -
Heidrun E. Mader: The Ambivalence of Spiritual Transformation in Mark -
Albert L.A. Hogeterp: Spiritual Transformation on the Road to Emmaus (Luke 24:13-35) -
Michael Labahn: Becoming »New« in God's Kingdom. Spiritual Transformation Through Beatitude in Jesus' Proclamation of God's Coming Kingdom - A Speech-Act Reading of Matt 5:2-12 / Luke 6:20-21 -
Christos Karakolis: The Transformative Power of Love in the Gospel of John: A Narrative-Critical Perspective Based on Neuroscientific Insights about Human Behavior
III. EpistlesStephan Joubert: Reflecting the Glory of the Δόξα-Bodied Christ While Participating in the Suffering of the Ἀσθένεια-Bodied Jesus. Paul's Building Blocks for Spiritual Formation in 2 Corinthians -
Francois Tolmie: Birth-Pains and the Formation of Christ: On Spiritual Transformation According to Galatians 4:19 -
R. Alan Culpepper: »Mending the Saints for Ministry«? Ephesians 4:12 -
Jan van der Watt: Spirituality in Colossians -
Cornelis Bennema: Spiritual Transformation in 1 Thessalonians -
Peter Lampe: Spiritual Transformation Mirrored in Paul's Letter to Philemon -
Kasper Bro Larsen: How to Tell an Insider from an Outsider: Material Aspects of Spiritual Identity in 1 John
IV. Other Early Christian LiteratureMatthijs den Dulk: Transformed into the Image of God: Origen, Paul, and the Restoration of the Imago Dei -
Jonathan E. Soyars: Transformative Spiritual askēsis in the Mandates of the Shepherd of Hermas -
Johanna Brankaer: Clement of Alexandria's Work of Spiritual Transformation