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Spirit in the Writings of John: Johannine Pneumatology in Social-Scientific Perspective is unavailable, but you can change that!

Employing the methodology of social-scientific biblical criticism, the author investigates the pneumatology of John and 1 John. With particular attention paid to the spirit passages in John, the pneumatology of 1 John is studied with a view to the development between the two writings and to what this suggests about the socio-cultural context of the Johannine community. This study explores...

will become increasingly evident as we examine the meaning of spirit in the remainder of the Gospel. For now we note that in chs. 19 and 20 the disciples receive the status of children of God (20:17) at the same general time that spirit is released and then conferred to them. Their new status as possessors of spirit and children of God is accompanied by a commission to release and retain sins. This work involves delineating who is loyal to God in accepting Jesus and who is not, and extending fellowship
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