The Power of Saving Wisdom

An Investigation of Spirit and Wisdom in Relation to the Soteriology of the Fourth Gospel

• Author(s): Cornelis Bennema,
• Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
• Pages: 328
• ISBN_10: 1556357370
  ISBN_13: 9781556357374
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Religion / Biblical Studies / General , Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General , Religion / Biblical Reference / General ,

Description:... Cornelis Bennema explains the role of the Spirit in salvation according to John's Gospel against the background of intertestamental Jewish wisdom literature. He comes to the conclusion that the salvific function of the Spirit is that of a cognitive agent who, through the mediation of life-giving wisdom, creates and sustains a saving relationship between the believer and the Father and Son.