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Paul in ecstasy : the neurobiology of the Apostle's life and thought /
While many readers of Paul's letters recognize how important his experience was to his life and thought, Biblical scholars have not generally addressed this topic head-on. Colleen Shantz argues that they have been held back both by a bias against religious ecstasy and by the limits of the Bibli...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | While many readers of Paul's letters recognize how important his experience was to his life and thought, Biblical scholars have not generally addressed this topic head-on. Colleen Shantz argues that they have been held back both by a bias against religious ecstasy and by the limits of the Biblical texts: how do you responsibly access someone else's experience, particularly experience as unusual and debated as religious ecstasy? And how do you account responsibly for the role of experience in that person's thought? Paul in Ecstasy pursues these questions through a variety of disciplines - most notably neuroscience. This study provides cogent explanations for bewildering passages in Paul's letters, outlines a much greater influence of such experience in Paul's life and letters, and points to its importance in Christian origins. |
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| Notas: | Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of St. Michael's College, 2003. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 267 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-252) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780511540981 0511540981 9780521866101 0521866103 9780511581625 0511581629 9780511538582 0511538588 9780511540257 0511540256 |