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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782263003321

Autore

Menzies Robert P

Titolo

Empowered for witness [[electronic resource] ] : the Spirit in Luke-Acts / / Robert P. Menzies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : T & T Clark International, 2004

ISBN

1-281-78361-7

9786611783617

0-567-12683-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (291 p.)

Collana

T & T Clark academic paperbacks

Disciplina

231/.309015

Soggetti

Holy Spirit - Biblical teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-272) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Preface to the First Edition; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Part I: PNEUMATOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES IN INTERTESTAMENTAL JUDAISM; Part II: THE PROPHETIC PNEUMATOLOGY OF LUKE; Part III: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF LUKE'S PNEUMATOLOGY: A PENTECOSTAL PERSPECTIVE; Appendix: THE SPIRIT OF GOD IN ACTS; Bibliography; Index of Biblical References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

With this study, Menzies sets a new standard for pneumatology. Beginning with an overview of the pneumatological perspectives of intertestamental Judaism (including literature from the Diaspora, Palestinian, Qumran and rabbinic sources), the first section concludes that for the most part these sources 'consistently identify experience of the Spirit with prophetic inspiration'. The next section aims to uncover Luke's distinctive pneumatology, employing a redaction critical method of analysis in order to illustrate Luke's similarly consistent portrayal of the Spirit as the source of prohetic ins