Signs, Wonders, and Gifts

Divination in the Letters of Paul
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-0-19-092465-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

In much of the scholarship on Paul, activities such as speaking in tongues, prophecy, and miracle healings are either ignored or treated as singular occurrences. Typically, these practices are categorized in such a way that shields Paul and his followers from the influence of so-called paganism. In Signs, Wonders, and Gifts, Jennifer Eyl masterfully argues that Paul did, in fact, engage in range of divinatory and wonder-working practices that were widely
recognized and accepted across the ancient Mediterranean. Eyl redescribes, reclassifies, and recontextualizes Paul's repertoire vis-à-vis such widespread, similar practices. Situating these activities within the larger framework of reciprocity that dominated human-divine relationships in antiquity, she
demonstrates that divine powers and divine communication were bestowed as benefactions toward Paul and his gentile followers in proportion to their faithfulness and loyalty.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Eyl, Jennifer

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Christliche Spiritualität, Christliche Mystik
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften

Über Autor(innen)

Jennifer Eyl is Assistant Professor of Religion at Tufts University. She is the co-editor of Christian Tourist Attractions, Mythmaking, and Identity Formation and has published articles in Method and Theory in the Study of Religion and the Journal for the Study of the New Testament.