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.
Published:	Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, 2015
Subjects:	CONVERSION - BIBLICAL TEACHING. BIBLE - PSYCHOLOGY. BIBLE.N.T. - LUKE - CRITICISM, INTERPRETATION, ETC. BIBLE.N.T. - ACTS - CRITICISM, INTERPRETATION, ETC.
Online Access:	Full text - Book opens in ProQuest Ebook Central
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020			\|a 9781441220967
082			\|a EBC 226.606 \|b GRE
100			\|a Green, Joel B.
245		0	\|a Conversion in Luke - Acts : \|b Divine action, human cognition and the people of God \|h [electronic resource]
260			\|a Grand Rapids, Michigan : \|b Baker Academic, \|c 2015.
300			\|a eBook
500			\|a Includes Index and Bibliographical References
500			\|a "Originally published as "The Art of Improving a Full and Prosperous Condition, for the Glory of God," in Four Useful Discourses (London: Thomas Parkhurst, 1675)."
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.
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Conversion in Luke - Acts : Divine action, human cognition and the people of God

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