Signs, wonders, and gifts : divination in the letters of Paul /
Throughout his letters, the apostle Paul consistently references signs, wonders, visions, miracles, divine healings, prophecies, and speaking in tongues. This book examines Paul's repertoire of divinatory and wonderworking practices and contextualizes them in their historical milieu. Furthermor...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2019.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Throughout his letters, the apostle Paul consistently references signs, wonders, visions, miracles, divine healings, prophecies, and speaking in tongues. This book examines Paul's repertoire of divinatory and wonderworking practices and contextualizes them in their historical milieu. Furthermore, the book situates such practices within a framework of reciprocity that dominated human-divine relationships in antiquity. Insofar as Paul extends miraculous abilities to his gentile followers, these wondrous abilities come in proportion to their faithfulness. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (260 pages) : illustration |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190924683 0190924683 9780190924669 0190924667 |