Cosmology and Self in the Apostle Paul: The Material Spirit

by Troels Engberg-Pedersen

Book Overview

Cosmology and Self in the Apostle Paul challenges the traditional reading of Paul. Troels Engberg-Pedersen argues that the usual, mainly cognitive and metaphorical, ways of understanding central Pauline concepts, such as 'being in Christ', 'having God's pneuma (spirit), Christ's pneuma, and Christ himself in one', must be supplemented by a literal understanding that directly reflects Paul's cosmology.

Engberg-Pedersen shows that Paul's cosmology,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199558566
• ISBN13: 9780199558568
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"