Identity and Experience in the New Testament (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780800627799)

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.

Author: Klaus Berger
ISBN-10: 0800627792
ISBN-13: 9780800627799
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2003
Pages: 312
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.06w x 0.77d