Beschreibung:
In Witch Hunt in Galatia, Jeremy Wade Barrier reconstructs Galatians as part of Paul's effort to convince the Jews in Galatia to choose baptism through the "breath" (i.e. Spirit) of God over circumcision as a way to bring divine healing to their community.
Prologue1. IntroductionPart One: Paul's Perspective on Medicine and Physiology in Galatians2. Pneuma in Ancient Physiology3. Pathophysiology in GalatiaPart Two: Cultural Systems for Paul and Galatia4. Evil Eye in a Cultural-anthropological Context5. The Evil Eye and Fascinum in GalatiansPart Three: Taking Pneuma from Physiology to Theology6. Physiological Pneuma and the Doctrine of the Trinity: From Paul to Augustine7. Physiological Pneuma in the Apocryphon of John8. Conclusion, Possible Implications, and Further Inquiries