Filled with the Spirit

by John R. Levison

Publisher:

Eerdmans

, 2009

Overview

Containing meticulous, up-to-date scholarship yet written in a flowing, enjoyable style, this comprehensive book takes readers on a journey through a breathtaking array of literary texts, encompassing the literature of Israel, early Judaism, the Greco-Roman world, and the New Testament. John R. Levison’s skill with ancient texts—already demonstrated in his acclaimed The Spirit in First-Century Judaism—is here extended to a myriad of other expressions of the Spirit in antiquity.

Key Features

• Explores the implications in the study of ancient pneumatology
• Surveys significant studies on Pneumatology
• Offers an in-depth analyses of Israelite, early Jewish, and early Christian literature

Contents

• Introduction
• Israelite Literature
• Jewish Literature
• Early Christian Literature

Product Details

• Title: Filled with the Spirit
• Author: John R. Levison
• Publisher: Eerdmans
• Print Publication Date: 2009
• Pages: 491
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Resource ID: LLS:FILLEDSPIRIT
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2020-07-23T14:45:31Z

About John R. Levison

Jack Levison (PhD, Duke University) is W. J. A. Power Professor of Old Testament Interpretation and Biblical Hebrew at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, in Dallas, Texas. He previously taught at Duke Divinity School and Seattle Pacific University. Levison is the author or editor of numerous books, including Filled with the Spirit, Fresh Air: The Holy Spirit for an Inspired Life, 40 Days with the Holy Spirit, and Inspired: The Holy Spirit and the Mind of Faith. He has also been a featured blogger for HuffPost.