Discerning the Spirits: Theological and Ethical Hermeneutics in Paul. By AndréMunzinger
André Munzinger (of the University of Cologne) begins with Ernst Käsemann, Peter Stuhlmacher, and J. Christiaan Beker on ‘discernment of spirits’ (1 Cor. 12:10). This has connections with ‘a renewal of the mind’ in Rom. 12:2, and constitutes a theological concern. Following Wolfgang Schrage, he also...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2009, Volume: 60, Issue: 1, Pages: 266-267 |
| Review of: | Discerning the spirits (Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007) (Thiselton, Anthony C.)
Discerning the spirits (Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge University Press, 2007) (Thiselton, Anthony C.) |
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| Summary: | André Munzinger (of the University of Cologne) begins with Ernst Käsemann, Peter Stuhlmacher, and J. Christiaan Beker on ‘discernment of spirits’ (1 Cor. 12:10). This has connections with ‘a renewal of the mind’ in Rom. 12:2, and constitutes a theological concern. Following Wolfgang Schrage, he also sees here an ethical criterion. J. L. Martyn is right in placing discernment at ‘the juncture of the ages’, and he seeks to do justice to its christological and eschatological framework. When he asks, ‘Who has known the mind of the Lord?’ (1 Cor. 2:16), Paul gives an optimistic and affirmative answer. However, ‘testing’ (δοκιµάζω) remains of the utmost importance., On 1 Cor. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/fln129 |