I just received information from a book wire about a new Brill title (so start applying for a loan):
Bogdan Gabriel Bucur, Angelomorphic Pneumatology: Clement of Alexandria and Other Early Christian Witnesses
Here’s the Brill abstract:
This book pursues the occurrence of angelomorphic pneumatology in early Christian literature—that is, the use of angelic imagery in early Christian discourse about the Holy Spirit—by taking as its entry-point Clement of Alexandria’s less explored writings, Excerpta ex Theodoto, Eclogae propheticae, and Adumbrationes. Clement’s angelomorphic pneumatology occurs in tandem with spirit christology, within a theological framework still characterized by a binitarian orientation. This complex theological articulation, supported by the exegesis of specific biblical passages (Zech 4:10; Isa 11:2-3; Matt 18:10), reworks Jewish and Christian traditions about the seven first-created angels, and constitutes a relatively widespread phenomenon in early Christianity. Evidence to support this claim is presented in the course of separate studies of Revelation, the Shepherd of Hermas, Justin Martyr, and Aphrahat.
The clear mention of binitarianism leads me to believe this would be a worthy contribution to two powers research . . . but I think I’ll wait till SBL to even think about buying it.
