When focusing on the sapiential traits in text of the Fourth Gospel, it should be noted that in its images of wine, water, and bread one can see Jesus the Giver, who, like the Old Testament personified wisdom, bestows his gifts on man. Although single references to the Old Testament sapiential texts have been suggested for the Johannine images, no detailed study of these images, as well as their juxtapositions even in the aspect of eating and drinking, has been published so far. It is significant to present Jesus' full identity through these metaphors, referring to the personified and preexisting wisdom as described in the Old Testament sapiential literature.
Jesus - the personified and preexisting wisdom as described in the Old Testament
The subject matter undertaken in this book enable the readers to reach a deeper understanding of the content of the Fourth Gospel in the light of the texts termed as "anti-Jewish".
The book is aimed at deepening of the understanding of the issues concerning the problem of anti-Judaism of the Gospel of John in the historical, sociological, exegetical and theological dimensions.
Stefan Szymik explores the presence of Epicurean terminology and thought in the New Testament writings. He discusses the issue of the Christian message confronting the Epicurean vision of man and the world in in the first century CE.
About the presence of Epicurean philosophical concepts in the New Testament writings
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
