The Canonical Reading of Scripture
Spread the Spirit
Spread the Spirit is a research initiative devoted to the canonical reading of Scripture.
Exploring how the Bible, through its own literary patterns and theological development, reveals the person and work of Christ from Genesis to Revelation.
The Arm of the LORD
Recovering the Lost Grammar of Divine Agency
“You search the Scriptures… and it is they that bear witness about me.”- John 5:39
How We Read Scripture
Foundational principles of interpretation and theological method.
Biblical Analysis
Close reading of scriptural texts within their literary and historical contexts.
Intertextual Study
Tracing thematic and linguistic connections across the canon.
Historical Context
Engagement with Second Temple and early Christian interpretive frameworks.
Theological Interpretation
Examining how doctrinal readings emerge from the text and its reception.
Research and writing by Antony Kuriakose, an independent theological researcher focused on canonical integration, temple traditions, and divine presence in prophetic and early Christian literature.
From the Research
No Other Beside Me: The Disclosure of the Single Subject
A systematic examination of how Scripture speaks of divine action, presence, and identity — and how the biblical witness finds its single subject in Jesus Christ.
Drawing on the motifs explored across these studies, the volume argues that the arm, the right hand, the name, and the glory are not second persons, but the self-disclosure of the one unipersonal God, fully revealed in the incarnation, cross, and exaltation of Christ.
No Other Beside Me tests classical Trinitarianism against a unipersonal reading of the biblical data on God’s ‘right hand/arm/finger,’ fulfilled and embodied in Jesus Christ. It acknowledges certain exegetical convergence with the Oneness Pentecostal tradition.
Read Interlocutors & MethodologyThe Biblical Framework
Four Pillars of the Single Subject
The Bible reveals one unified divine story. These four pillars provide a framework for understanding God's presence, agency, covenant purpose, and their fulfillment in Jesus Christ.
The Arm of the LORD
God's saving agency revealed throughout redemptive history and fully disclosed in Jesus Christ.
From Exodus deliverance to the suffering servant and the risen Lord, the Arm of the LORD reveals how divine power accomplishes redemption through God's own action.
The Right Hand of God
God's sovereign rule, covenant authority, and judicial governance over nations and history.
The Right Hand of God signifies divine kingship, covenant faithfulness, and the ultimate jurisdiction by which all earthly powers are measured and judged.
Divine Dwelling
The movement of divine presence from Eden to Temple to Christ and ultimately to Spirit-indwelt humanity.
The biblical story traces God's purpose to dwell among His people, culminating in the church as the living sanctuary of God's abiding presence.
Fulfillment in Christ
The culmination of covenant, prophecy, sacrifice, kingship, and divine presence in Jesus Christ.
What was anticipated in the Law, Prophets, Temple, and sacred history finds its coherence and completion in the person and work of Christ.
Recommended Resources
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