The Holy Spirit is a core topic in New Testament writings. In Luke-Acts, the Gospel of John, and Paul's epistles in particular, the Holy Spirit plays a significant role as expression of God's power in the life of the churches. The papers collected in this volume deal with central theological aspects of this topic from a "Western" (Protestant and Catholic) as well as from an "Eastern" (Orthodox) point of view.

This collection of essays contains the papers given at the Sixth International East-West Symposium of New Testament Scholars in Belgrade, Serbia. The symposium was a project of the Eastern Europe Liaison Committee of Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas. Main subject matters of the volume are the Holy Spirit in New Testament writings (particularly Luke-Acts, the Gospel of John and Paul), the reception and interpretation of biblical texts about the Holy Spirit in patristic theology, ancient Christian liturgy and iconography, and reflection on the role of the Holy Spirit in church life. Contributions from seminars are devoted to extra-biblical ancient Jewish and early Christian sources. All topics are discussed from a "Western" (Protestant and Roman-Catholic) theological and exegetical perspective as well as from an Orthodox point of view. An introduction reflects the results of the symposium, sketches recent research on the Holy Spirit in the New Testament scholarship and briefly points to texts and problems belonging to the topic but not dealt with in the volume.

Autorentext
Prof. Dr. Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr lehrt an der Universität in Jena.

Inhalt
*Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr: Introduction

• I. Biblical Scholarship in Serbia
  Bishop Irinej Of Novi Sad And Bachka: The Holy Spirit and the Church. An Orthodox Perspective - Vladan Tatalovi : Orthodox New Testament Scholarship in Serbia

  II. Papers from the Symposium
  N. T. Wright: The Glory Returns: Spirit, Temple and Eschatology in Paul and John - Christos Karakolis: The Holy Spirit in Luke-Acts: Personal Entity or Impersonal Power? A Synchronic Approach - Daniel Marguerat: The Work of the Holy Spirit in Luke-Acts: A Western Perspective - Predrag Dragutinovi: The Holy Spirit and the Church in the Gospel of John. A Discourse Analysis of John 20:19-23 - Andreas Dettwiler: The Holy Spirit in John from a Western Perspective - John Fotopoulos: The Holy Spirit in Paul from an Orthodox Perspective - Volker Rabens: The Holy Spirit and Deification in Paul: A 'Western' Perspective - Demetrios Bathrellos: The Holy Spirit and the New Testament in St. Symeon of Thessalonica (1429) - Katharina Bracht: Augustine and His Predecessors Interpreting the New Testament on the Origin of the Holy Spirit. The Question of filioque - Harald Buchinger: The Holy Spirit and the Church in Liturgy. A "Western Perspective"
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• III. Contributions from the Seminars *

• The Holy Spirit in Ancient Judaism
  Rodoljub S. Kubat: The Spirit in the Wisdom of Solomon and its Old Testament Background - James Buchanan Wallace: Spirit(s) in the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs - Carl R. Holladay : Spirit in Philo of Alexandria

  The Holy Spirit and the Church in the Gospels
  Armand Puig I Tàrrech: Holy Spirit and Evil Spirits in the Ministry of Jesus - Joel Marcus: The Spirit and the Church in the Gospel of Mark
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• The Holy Spirit and the Church in Second Century Christian Writings
  Tobias Nicklas: A Church without Spirit? Pneumatology in the Writings of Ignatius of Antioch - Taras Khomych: From Maranatha to Epiclesis? An Inquiry into the Origins of Spirit Invocations in Early Christianity
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• IV. Reflections
  Manuel Vogel: A Talk Continued. Notes and Deliberations on the Belgrade Conference - Ekaterini Tsalampouni: A Reflection on the Conference from the Orthodox Perspective - Armand Puig I Tàrrech: A Reflection on the Conference from a Catholic Perspective

  Appendix
  Oksana Gubareva: The Holy Spirit in Orthodox Iconography