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Elektryczność burzowa możliwym źródłem kerygmatu zesłania Ducha Świętego
Thunderstorm Electricity as the Probable Origin of the Pentecost Kerygma

Author(s): Marek Szczerbiński
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Religion and science , Philosophy of Religion, Biblical studies
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Teologiczne
Keywords: Pentecost; kerygma; thunderstorm electricity;

Summary/Abstract: The author presents and argues for his view that the source of the kerygma of Pentecost (“tongues as of fire”) may be the phenomenon of an electrical storm. Since the author of the text is a scientist, the approach to the subject is natural, not theological. Natural phenomena in the Bible are divided into four groups. “Tongues as of fire” (Acts 2 : 3) belong to the last group: rare but natural phenomena are dislocated by the authors of the saint books from everyday life into the time and place where the sign is needed. The concept is justified with the descriptions of this phenomenon in ancient literature.

  • Issue Year: 66/2013
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 317-329
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English