Identity and experience in the New Testament
By: Klaus Berger ; translated by Charles Muenchow.
Edition: 1st English language ed.
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
Subjects: Bible. -- N.T. -- Psychology
Work titles: Historische Psychologie des Neuen Testaments.
Description: "How do the New Testament documents present issues of passion, will, identity, and perception? How did the earliest followers of Jesus understand their experiences, behaviors, and suffering? These questions and more are addressed in this stimulating work by one of the most productive Continental New Testament scholars. Rather than approaching the New Testament with a Freudian, Jungian, or other modern psychological theory, Berger illuminates historically how peoples of the first century described their human experiences in relation to their encounters with God, Christ, demons, and the power of their own desires and will."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-286) and indexes.