Search Results - "DECOCK, Paul B"

Towards Maturity in 1 Peter : Freedom, Holiness, Immortality by Decock, Paul B.

“…Growth towards maturity is dependent on the presence of freedom, holiness and immortality. These are presented as divine qualities that are utterly lacking in…”
Get full text

Philo of Alexandria: A model for early Christian ‘spiritual readings’ of the Scriptures by Decock, Paul B.

“…Philo of Alexandria represents a Hellenistic tradition of reading the Scriptures in which reading is seen as a spiritual exercise together with other spiritual…”
Get full text

The Testimony of the Exalted Jesus in the Book of Revelation by Sarah U. Dixon (review) by Decock, Paul B

Get full text

Studies in John's Gospel and Epistles: Collected Essays by Maarten J. J. Menken (review) by Decock, Paul B

Get full text

Understanding What One Reads I–III by Jan Lambrecht (review) by Decock, Paul B

“…Professor Jan Lambrecht, former Dean of the Faculty of Theology at the Catholic University of Leuven, and afterwards also a professor at the Pontifical…”
Get full text

Philo of Alexandria : holiness as self-possession and selftranscendence by Decock, Paul B.

“…Philo’s writings can be seen as a crucial link between Hellenistic Judaism and early Christianity, particularly in his way of drawing on Greek philosophy in…”
Get full text

Migration as a Basic Image for the Life of Faith: The Letter to the Hebrews, Philo and Origen by Decock, Paul B.

“…In our common human experience, as well as in the biblical narratives, people migrate in order to find a better life. This article explores first of all how…”
Get full text

L’Écriture dans la dynamique argumentative de 1 Corinthiens 1–4 by Edmond Léonce Vieyra (review) by Decock, Paul B

“…As the title indicates, the topic of this careful and convincing study is the function of the Scriptures in Paul’s rhetoric in 1 Corinthians 1–4. In his…”
Get full text

Philo of Alexandria: Holiness as self-possession and self-transcendence by Decock, Paul B

“…Philo's writings can be seen as a crucial link between Hellenistic Judaism and early Christianity, particularly in his way of drawing on Greek philosophy in…”
Get full text

Normativity of the Bible: Actualising the Text in Ways That Are Worthy of God by Decock, Paul B.

“…This article explores the issue of the normativity of the Bible, particularly in view of the passages that are problematic from an ethical point of view:…”
Get full text

Het boek Openbaring: De macht van Gods geduld by Decock, Paul B.

“…The Apocalypse of John: The power of God's patience. John B. Thompson relates power primarily to institutions, which embody the aims of a specific social…”
Get full text

Origen of Alexandria: The study of the Scriptures as transformation of the readers into images of the God of love by Decock, Paul B.

“…For Origen, the purpose of reading the Scriptures is to be transformed more and more into the likeness of God, who is Love, through the Logos embodied in the…”
Get full text

ORIGEN: ON MAKING SENSE OF THE RESURRECTION AS A THIRD CENTURY CHRISTIAN by Decock, Paul B

“…Origen was both a very influential and very controversial biblical interpreter in early Christianity. His interpretation of the biblical texts on the…”
Get full text

The transformative potential of the apocalypse of John by Decock, Paul B.

“…The transformative power of the Apocalypse of John is not situated in its prophetic predictions in the sense of information about the future but in its offer…”
Get full text

JEROME'S TURN TO THE HEBRAICA VERITAS AND HIS REJECTION OF THE TRADITIONAL VIEW OF THE SEPTUAGINT by Decock, Paul B.

“…After briefly recalling the present state of research on the Septuagint and its relationship to the Masoretic Text, on the work of Origen and the effects of…”
Get full text

Het boek Openbaring: De macht van Gods geduld by Decock, Paul B

“…The Apocalypse of John: The power of God's patience. John B. Thompson relates power primarily to institutions, which embody the aims of a specific social…”
Get full text

ON THE VALUE OF PRE-MODERN INTERPRETATION OF SCRIPTURE FOR CONTEMPORARY BIBLICAL STUDIES by Decock, Paul B

“…This article first briefly raises the question to what extent the Church Fathers remained in continuity with the NT interpretation of the OT. The second and…”
Get full text

Studies in John’s Gospel and Epistles: Collected Essays (Contributions to Biblical Exegesis and Theology 77), Maarten J.J. Menken by Decock, Paul B.

“…This collection of 22 articles, five of which had not previously been published in English, includes publications from 1980 to 2014. In his introduction,…”
Get full text

THE BREAKING OF BREAD IN LUKE 24 by Decock, Paul B

“…This paper considers the meaning of breaking bread in Emmaus in Luke 24 in the light of other occasions in Luke-Acts when bread is broken. Five aspects of the…”
Get full text

Philo of Alexandria : a model for early Christian 'spiritual readings' of the Scriptures : original research by Decock, Paul B.

“…Philo of Alexandria represents a Hellenistic tradition of reading the Scriptures in which reading is seen as a spiritual exercise together with other spiritual…”
Get full text