Laying on of Hands in the New Testament
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- ISBN 9780761844273
- Weight: 515g
- Dimensions: 154 x 232mm
- Publication Date: 10 Dec 2008
- Publisher: University Press of America
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This study investigates the procedural techniques, significance, and the tangible effects of the laying on of hands in the New Testament. The author investigates the background of the New Testament practice by conducting investigation in the Old Testament and contemporary Judaism and the Graeco-Roman and Near-Eastern literature. The main chapters are exegetical, each discussing a particular use of the laying on of hands in the New Testament: for blessing, healing, reception of the Spirit and ordination. A special attention is given to the inner process of transfer of power through physical contact. It is the author's conclusion that in the New Testament the gesture always signifies transfer of some positive materia: blessing, 'life-force', the Spirit and charismata. In the final section, an attempt is made to gauge the possibility of any uniformity in the significance of the various New Testament uses of the laying on of hands.
John F. Tipei serves as Associate Professor of Biblical Theology, Rector of the Pentecostal Theological Seminary of Bucharest, Romania, and is an Ordained Bishop with the Church of God, Cleveland, TN. He holds an MDiv degree from the Church of God Theological Seminary in Cleveland, TN and a PhD degree in Biblical Studies from the University of Sheffield, UK.
