Paul in Ecstasy: The Neurobiology of the Apostle's Life and Thought
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Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
EAN (European Article Number): 9780521866101
Number of Items: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Author: Colleen Shantz
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Edition: 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 225.92
Publication Date: 2009-04-30
Reading Level: 248
Description: 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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