The purpose of this contribution is to present a general survey of darkness as power in the New Testament. It is generally accepted that darkness functions on a symbolic-metaphorical level on the one hand and on a literal ...

This contribution wants to provide a broad overview of sexuality in the New Testament. It provides broad thematic stripes, picturing the early Christians as sexual beings with a new identity in Christ. Sexuality is a given ...

After briefly noting the similarities between the Essenes and Therapeutae, both of which are groups described by Philo, this study compares some of the most striking features of the Therapeutae in Philo's De Vita Contemplativa ...