Having the spirit of Christ : spirit possession and exorcism in the early Christ groups / Giovanni B. Bazzana.
2020
BV873.E8
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Title
Having the spirit of Christ : spirit possession and exorcism in the early Christ groups / Giovanni B. Bazzana.
ISBN
9780300249514 electronic book
0300249519 electronic book
9780300245622 hardcover
0300245629 hardcover
0300249519 electronic book
9780300245622 hardcover
0300245629 hardcover
Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]
Copyright
©2020
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (x, 320 pages).
Call Number
BV873.E8
System Control No.
(OCoLC)1130901054
Summary
"A provocative reinterpretation of accounts of spirit possession and exorcism in early Christianity. The earliest Christian writings are filled with stories of possession and exorcism, which were crucial for the activity of the historical Jesus and for the practice of his earliest followers. Possession, besides being a harmful event that should be exorcized, can also have a positive role in many cultures. Often it helps individuals and groups to reflect on and reshape their identity, to plan their moral actions, and to remember in a most vivid way their past."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note
Beelzebul against Satan : exorcist subjectivity and spirit possession in the representation of Jesus
A ghost among the tombs : Mk 5:1-20 as a ritual of exorcism
The last Adam became a life-giving spirit : Christ and "pneuma" in Pauline theology
If one does not have the spirit of Christ, one does not belong to him : the functions of spirit possession in the Pauline groups
"Will they not say that you are out of your mind?" : the performance of possession.
A ghost among the tombs : Mk 5:1-20 as a ritual of exorcism
The last Adam became a life-giving spirit : Christ and "pneuma" in Pauline theology
If one does not have the spirit of Christ, one does not belong to him : the functions of spirit possession in the Pauline groups
"Will they not say that you are out of your mind?" : the performance of possession.
Historical Data
Giovanni B. Bazzana is professor of New Testament at Harvard Divinity School.
Source of Description
Print version record.
Series
Synkrisis.
Available in Other Form
Print version: Bazzana, Giovanni Battista. Having the spirit of Christ. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]
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