Jesus and the Impurity of Spirits in the Synoptic Gospels
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Beschreibung
Clinton Wahlen' s study sheds light on Jewish and early Christian reflections on spirits and demons. The author also explores the relation between Judaism and early Christianity in the first century.
One of the more puzzling features of early Christian attitudes toward purity is the frequent reference in the Synoptic Gospels to spirits as impure, particularly in view of the absence of similar expressions in Greco-Roman literature up through the second century C.E. Despite the unusual language employed by the Gospel writers, few investigators have considered what this expression might mean in light of the association between spirits and impurity in ancient Jewish and early Christian literature. Clinton Wahlen's study fills this gap by examining how each Gospel's distinctive portrayal of purity and impure spirits fits this larger context. The clear reluctance of the Synoptic writers to abandon traditional categories in their characterization of demonic activity suggests that they write from a standpoint less removed from Judaism than is sometimes supposed. The inquiry also sheds light on some early attempts at 'Christian' self-definition in relation to ethnic Israel.
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Clinton Wahlen
Born 1960; 1989 M.Div. Andrews University; 1992-1998, Lecturer in New Testament and Greek, Zaoksky Theological Seminary, Russia; 2004 Ph.D. Cambridge University; currently Associate Professor of New Testament, Language and Literature, AIIAS Theological Seminary, Philippines.
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