Theology

Rainer Schwindt

Das Weltbild des Epheserbriefes

Eine religionsgeschichtlich-exegetische Studie

[The World View in Ephesians. A Study from the Standpoint of the History of Religion and of Exegesis. By Rainer Schwindt.]

unrevised e-book edition 2019; Original edition 2002; 2002. XIII, 649 pages.

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In Ephesians, theological and cosmological concepts are connected in an unusual manner. Rainer Schwindt analyzes the 'cosmological hermeneutics' found in Ephesians from the standpoint of the history of religion and explores its position in the early Christian history of theology. He bases his comparative study on the spiritual understanding of salvation in Alexandrian Judaism and the demonological paradigm of the Platonic line of tradition. As a unity of Jewish and pagan Christians, the church is the new »Daimonion,« which warns the cosmic powers of God's salvation, his pleroma.
In Ephesians, theological and cosmological concepts are connected in an unusual manner. Rainer Schwindt analyzes the 'cosmological hermeneutics' found in Ephesians from the standpoint of the history of religion and explores its position in the early Christian history of theology. He bases his comparative study on the spiritual understanding of salvation in Alexandrian Judaism and the demonological paradigm of the Platonic line of tradition. As a unity of Jewish and pagan Christians, the church is the new »Daimonion,« which warns the cosmic powers of God's salvation, his pleroma.
Authors/Editors

Rainer Schwindt Geboren 1965; 1985–91 Studium der Mathematik und Physik; 1991–96 Studium der Theologie und Philosophie in Trier und Würzburg; 1996–2001 Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, seit 2001 Wissenschaftlicher Assistent am Lehrstuhl für Exegese des Neuen Testaments der Theologischen Fakultät Trier; 2001 Promotion.

Reviews

The following reviews are known:

In: Tijdschrift voor Theologie — Jg.44 (2004), H.1, S.76 (C.H. van Kooten)
In: Theologische Literaturzeitung — Jg.130 (2005), H.2, Sp.165ff (Theo K. Heckel)
In: Studien zum NT und seiner Umwelt — Jg.28 (2003), S. 254f (A. Fuchs)
In: Revue d'histoire et de Philosophie Religieuses — Jg.83 (2003), H.2, S. 255ff (Ch. Grappe)
In: Religious Studies Review — Vol.30 (2004), H.1, S.73 (Thorsten Moritz)
In: Recherches de Science Religieuse (RSR) — Jg.93 (2005), H.3, S.389ff (Jean-Noel Aletti)
In: New Testament Abstracts — Vol.47 (2003), H.1, S. 179f
In: Concilium — 2002, H.5, S. VII
In: Currents in Theology and Mission — 34 (2007), S. 295–296 (Frederick W. Danker)
In: Theologie der Gegenwart — Vol.47 (2004), H.2, S.153ff (Heinz Giesen)
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