Insights into the Arab and international art scenesInternational networks of artistsA personal and intimate account of the life of May Muzaffar and Rafa Nasiri
Insights into the Arab and international art scenesInternational networks of artistsA personal and intimate account of the life of May Muzaffar and Rafa Nasiri
Marcin Kowalski discusses the notion of the S/spirit in Romans 8 within the context of popular concepts of pneuma present in Greco-Roman and Jewish literature. The Stoics perceived pneuma as a particle of life, responsible for cognition and ethical conduct, an element binding in one, the whole universe, shaping the offspring, and animating diviners. Correspondences to their views can be found in the Old Testament and the Jewish literature of the Second Temple period. By putting Paul into dialog with the Stoic and Jewish authors, the author shows both the indebtedness of the apostle to his cultural milieu as well as the originality of his idea of the Spirit.
The Pauline understanding of S/spirit in Romans 8, as compared to the Stoic idea of pneuma
<p>We communicate through the spoken and written word and language has evolved over the centuries. Many languages have survived although only in small pockets throughout the world. This book explores a selection of those languages.</p>
This is a delicious and intelligent novel about the courage it takes to reveal our true selves, the pleasures and perils of family, and how we navigate the seas of adulthood to cruise--we can only hope--toward joy.
