'Is the Lord One of the Two Angels?': Justin Martyr's Dialogue with Trypho, Early Christian Hermeneutics, and Justin's Pneumatological Christian Readings

In second-century Trinitarian thought, some early figures may often overlook the role of the Holy Spirit in contrast to providing a more secure identity for the Son. This contrast seemingly appears in Justin Martyr's Dialogue with Trypho. In 2008, Michel Barnes wrote an essay on the early forma...

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Published in:The Evangelical quarterly
Main Author: Wilhite, Shawn J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2019
In: The Evangelical quarterly
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
NBB Doctrine of Revelation
NBC Doctrine of God
NBG Pneumatology; Holy Spirit
Further subjects:B TRINITARIANS (Organization)
B Holy Spirit
B Dialogue
B Justin, Martyr, Saint
B Trinity
B History of doctrines, 30-600
B Hermeneutics
B MARTYR, Justin
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Summary:In second-century Trinitarian thought, some early figures may often overlook the role of the Holy Spirit in contrast to providing a more secure identity for the Son. This contrast seemingly appears in Justin Martyr's Dialogue with Trypho. In 2008, Michel Barnes wrote an essay on the early formation of Christian Pneumatology. As Barnes's argument proceeds, Justin and Trypho focus upon the clarity of language that concerns the Son: (1] a triumphant and (2] suffering Messiah. Yet, with regard to the Holy Spirit, both Trypho and Justin do not appear to question the terminology that one another employ. So, Barnes suggests that both Trypho and Justin maintain a similar pneumatological presupposition that overlaps with Jewish Pneumatology. This article revisits how Justin addresses the pneumatological language in the Dialogue with Trypho and inquires what pneumatological discontinuities exist between Justin and Trypho. Even if Justin coheres with many facets of Jewish pneumatological ideas, he still distinctly represents, though incipiently, a Christian pneumatology.
ISSN:2772-5472
Contains:Enthalten in: The Evangelical quarterly
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/27725472-09002005