Conversion in Luke - Acts : Divine action, human cognition and the people of God
Repentance and conversion are key topics in New Testament interpretation and in Christian life. However, the study of conversion in early Christianity has been plagued by psychological assumptions alien to the world of the New Testament. Leading New Testament scholar Joel Green believes that... Full description
| Main Author: | Green, Joel B. |
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Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, 2015 |
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| 100 | |a Green, Joel B. | ||
| 245 | |a Conversion in Luke - Acts : |b Divine action, human cognition and the people of God | ||
| 260 | |a Grand Rapids, Michigan : |b Baker Academic, |c 2015. | ||
| 300 | |a 195p. | ||
| 500 | |a Includes Index and Bibliographical References. | ||
| 505 | |a Questioning conversion in Luke-Acts. -- Conversion and cognition. -- Orienting conversion. -- Texts and metaphors. -- Community, agency, and apostasy. | ||
| 520 | |a Repentance and conversion are key topics in New Testament interpretation and in Christian life. However, the study of conversion in early Christianity has been plagued by psychological assumptions alien to the world of the New Testament. Leading New Testament scholar Joel Green believes that careful attention to the narrative of Luke-Acts calls for significant rethinking about the nature of Christian conversion. Drawing on the cognitive sciences and examining key evidence in Luke-Acts, this book emphasizes the embodied nature of human life as it explores the life transformation signaled by the message of conversion, offering a new reading of a key aspect of New Testament theology | ||
| 650 | |a CONVERSION - BIBLICAL TEACHING. | ||
| 650 | |a BIBLE - PSYCHOLOGY. | ||
| 650 | |a BIBLE.N.T. - LUKE - CRITICISM, INTERPRETATION, ETC. | ||
| 650 | |a BIBLE.N.T. - ACTS - CRITICISM, INTERPRETATION, ETC. | ||
| 900 | |a 32695 | ||
| 949 | |a RTC Library |b Non Fiction |h 226.606 GRE |p R340523220 |s Books | ||
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