Philosophy

How can finite human beings speak of God? Joel Klenk explores negative theology through forms of open semantics, examining Pauline texts that articulate negative theological discourse in light of God's salvific identity as a theological criterion.

This handbook brings together both classic and cutting-edge methods for interpreting the New Testament. Chapters on historical-critical, literary, and reader-response approaches showcase the wide methodological range through which the text's original setting and its contemporary significance can be explored.

The Holy Spirit is central in the Gospel of John. Michael R. Jost compares the Johannine conception of the Holy Spirit with the Daimonion of Socrates in (Middle) Platonic writings, offering a clarification of the Johannine discourse on spirits as well as impulses for the religious-historical classification of the fourth Gospel.