Spiritual Transformation in the New Testament and Related Literature

edited by Albert L.A. Hogeterp, D. Francois Tolmie and Jan G. van der Watt

Book cover: Spiritual Transformation in the New Testament and Related Literature

Extent: 365 pages

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Subjects: Biblical Studies

Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament

Series volume number: 522

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(October 2024)

ISBN: 9783161635199

9.09 x 6.06 inches

Price: $174.00

In stock

This volume addresses the variety of spiritual experiences in the world of ancient Judaism and early Christianity, including contributions on the Old Testament, Qumran literature, Graeco-Roman philosophy, New Testament texts, and early church literature, focusing on spiritual transformation.


The contributions to this volume explore the question of what spiritual transformation means for Early Christianity and beyond, with articles ranging from Old Testament wisdom literature to the Dead Sea Scrolls, Graeco-Roman philosophy, the gospels, epistles, and Johannine literature of the New Testament and other Early Christian literature. The contributions provide reflections on the involvement of the self and agency in spiritual transformation and concern diverse anthropological dimensions of mind, emotions, body, and embodiment related to this phenomenon of metamorphosis. The impact of spiritual transformation may relate to a renewal of the mind, to a therapeutics of emotions, and to material dimensions of bodily posture and physiological metaphors expressing spiritual identity.

  • Edited by Albert LA Hogeterp
  • Edited by D Francois Tolmie
  • Edited by Jan G van der Watt