What is it about?
A succinct critique of Faithful Feelings and New Testament research on emotion.
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Why is it important?
New Testament scholarship must adopt a working definition of emotion that fits a first-century milieu vis-à-vis Hellenistic moral philosophy.
Perspectives
I hope this review might challenge readers to reconsider the oft used categorical dichotomy of "positive versus negative" emotion.
Dr. Richard James Hicks
Fuller Theological Seminary
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This page is a summary of: Faithful Feelings: Rethinking Emotion in the New Testament - By Matthew A. Elliot, Religious Studies Review, September 2010, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0922.2010.01448_12.x.
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