According to the research, emphatic "Greek text" tells about
confidence of Nicodemus in possession of trustworthy criteria, which allow him to judge what
might be from God and, hence, what might not be from God. Epistemological premise of
Nicodemus is the starting point for the whole conversation in Jn 3:1-21. Analysis of the Jewish
literary tradition that used dualistic couples of antonyms to denote "otherness" of the divine sphere
1ms shown that ontological difference (v. 6) makes it impossible for human ("flesh") to know the
divine sphere ("spirit"). This results in the fact that manifestations of the divine sphere (effect) are
falsely taken by human for the divine sphere itself (cause). In other words, just verification of the
divine sphere manifestation without initiative act on behalf of God does not allow human neither to
correctly value this sphere, nor to enter it. / New Testament / M. Th. (New Testament)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:umkn-dsp01.int.unisa.ac.za:10500/1122 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Karyakin, Pavel |
| Contributors | Gräbe, Petrus J., 1958-, Penner, Peter |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 1 online resource (66 leaves) |
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