Index of Subjects and Ancient Names

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Table of Contents vii
4. Abbreviations ix
5. The Origins of Early Christian Pneumatology: On the Rediscovery and Reshaping of the History of Religions Quest 1
6. The Spirit of Stoicism 39
7. Plutarch and Pentecost: An Exploration in Interdisciplinary Collaboration 63
8. “Even before his birth he will be filled with the Holy Spirit”–Luke 1:15 in the Spectrum of Theological and Medical Discourses of Early Christianity 95
9. The Infusion of the Spirit: The Meaning of ἐμφυσάω in John 20:22–23 119
10. Ruaḥ and the Beholding of God– From Ezekiel’s Vision of the Divine Chariot to Merkaba Mysticism 153
11. Historical Origins of the Early Christian Concept of the Holy Spirit 167
12. Speech and Spirit: Paul and the Maskil as Inspired Interpreters of Scripture 241
13. Philo of Alexandria’s Understanding of πνεῦμα in Deus 33–50 265
14. Pneuma and the Beholding of God: Reading Paul in the Context of Philonic Mystical Traditions 293
15. Spirit in Relationship–Pneumatology in the Gospel of John 331
16. How did the Spirit become a Person? 343
17. Index: Ancient Texts 373
18. Index: Modern Authors 395
19. Index of Subjects and Ancient Names 403