D. Francois Tolmie (Herausgegeben von) Born 1959; 1992 DTh; 2004 PhD in Greek (University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa); Professor of New Testament at the Faculty of Theology and Religion of the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein (South Africa).Jan G. van der Watt (Herausgegeben von) Born 1952; emeritus professor of the University of Pretoria (South Africa) and Radboud University Nijmegen (Netherlands) as well as research associate University of the Free State (South Africa).

• Albert L.A. Hogeterp Spiritual Transformation in Early Christianity and Beyond. Revisiting Paradigms and PerspectivesI. Ancient Jewish and Graeco-Roman ContextsMoritz F. Adam: Participation, Tradition, and Transformation: On the Ethics and Hermeneutics of Engaging in Jewish Wisdom Thinking and Practice - Jörg Frey: The Transformation of the Spiritual Self in Selected Qumran Texts - Johan C. Thom: Spiritual Transformation in Graeco-Roman PhilosophyII. GospelsGeorge Branch-Trevathan: Pierre Hadot's Spiritual Exercises and Matthew 5-7 - Heidrun E. Mader: The Ambivalence of Spiritual Transformation in Mark - Albert L.A. Hogeterp: Spiritual Transformation on the Road to Emmaus (Luke 24:13-35) - Michael Labahn: Becoming "New" in God's Kingdom. Spiritual Transformation Through Beatitude in Jesus' Proclamation of God's Coming Kingdom - A Speech-Act Reading of Matt 5:2-12 / Luke 6:20-21 - Christos Karakolis: The Transformative Power of Love in the Gospel of John: A Narrative-Critical Perspective Based on Neuroscientific Insights about Human BehaviorIII. EpistlesStephan Joubert: Reflecting the Glory of the Δόξα-Bodied Christ While Participating in the Suffering of the Ἀσθένεια-Bodied Jesus. Paul's Building Blocks for Spiritual Formation in 2 Corinthians - Francois Tolmie: Birth-Pains and the Formation of Christ: On Spiritual Transformation According to Galatians 4:19 - R. Alan Culpepper: "Mending the Saints for Ministry"? Ephesians 4:12 - Jan van der Watt: Spirituality in Colossians - Cornelis Bennema: Spiritual Transformation in 1 Thessalonians - Peter Lampe: Spiritual Transformation Mirrored in Paul's Letter to Philemon - Kasper Bro Larsen: How to Tell an Insider from an Outsider: Material Aspects of Spiritual Identity in 1 JohnIV. Other Early Christian LiteratureMatthijs den Dulk: Transformed into the Image of God: Origen, Paul, and the Restoration of the Imago Dei - Jonathan E. Soyars: Transformative Spiritual askēsis in the Mandates of the Shepherd of Hermas - Johanna Brankaer: Clement of Alexandria's Work of Spiritual Transformation