Bestowal of the Holy Spirit: An Exegetico-Theological Study of John 20:22 in the Johannine Pneumatological Context
- New Delhi Media House 2022
- 345p
A Prospectus on Johannine Pneumatology Status Quaestionis...........15 Development of the Notion of Pneuma .......33 Pneuma in the New Testament .........55 2. Preliminaries for Understanding John 20:22 The Debate on Johannine Pneumatological Relevance........68 Synoptic Comparison of John 20........88 Literary Organization of John 20:19-23..............114 Structural Analysis of John 20.........118 3. Exegesis of John 20:22: Johannine Pneumatological Climax Detailed Exegetical Analysis of John 20:22.........130 When he had said this, He Breathed on them ......135 And Said to Them, Receive the Holy Spirit .........145 The Forgiveness of Sins........179 The Role of John 20:22 in the Fourth Gospel .....184 Climax of the Bestowal of the Pneuma: Jn 20:22......193 4. John 20:22 Pneumatic Structural Climax of the Fourth Gospel Pneumatic Structure of the Fourth Gospel ........204 John 1:1-3:36: Life-Giving Pneuma.........206 John 4:1-39 Pneumatic Typology of Water .......214 John 8: 1-13:38: Anthropology of the Spirit of Jesus ......226 John 14: 1-26: Paraclete and His Functions ....228 John 18: 1-21:25: Bestowal of the Pneuma.......243 5. Theological Synthesis of the JOhannine Pneumatology Fourth Gospel : The Gospel of the Holy Spirit ..........256 Synthesis of Easter Bestowal and Pentacost .......264 Theology of Johannine Pneumatological Climax ........281