«The Law of the Spirit»
Experience of the Spirit and Displacement of the Law in Romans 8:1-16
©2006
Monographs
XXII,
351 Pages
Series:
Studies in Biblical Literature, Volume 86
Summary
Paul’s explication of the relationship between the Spirit and Law in Romans 8 has been the subject of protracted scholarly debate. In Romans 7:6 Spirit and Law are set in opposition to each other. However, in Romans 8:4 they appear conjoined, operating in a more harmonious manner. With the use of cognitive dissonance theory, this book proposes that Paul perceived a state of dissonance between covenantal nomism and his post-Damascus cognitions on the Spirit. As a result, he attempts to reduce the qualitative distinction between these two clusters of cognitions by establishing cognitive overlap between them and by striving to achieve social validation for his cognitions within his own fictive family of Roman believers with whom he shared the experience of the Spirit.
Details
- Pages
- XXII, 351
- Publication Year
- 2006
- ISBN (Hardcover)
- 9780820478531
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- Paulus (Apostel) Römerbrief 8,1-16 Exegese Romans 8 Pauline Literature Psychology Mosaic Law Pneumatology
- Published
- New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2005. XXII, 351 pp., num. ill.
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