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

• Autore: Menzies Robert P
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : T & T Clark International, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (291 p.)
• Disciplina: 231/.309015
• Soggetto topico: Holy Spirit - Biblical teaching
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Empowered for witness
• ISBN: 1-281-78361-7; 9786611783617; 0-567-12683-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782263003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: T & T Clark academic paperbacks.