Spirit and Scripture : exploring a pneumatic hermeneutic

245 Pages·2011·0.89 MB·English

by  Kevin L.

Spirit and Scripture

SPIRIT AND SCRIPTURE
Exploring a Pneumatic Hermeneutic
Edited by
KEVIN L. SPAWN
ARCHIE T. WRIGHT
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Contents
Abbreviations ix
Tables xi
Preface xiii
Contributors and Respondents xv
Introduction xvii
Part I: Beginning the Exploration
1 The Emergence of a Pneumatic Hermeneutic in the Renewal
Tradition 3
Kevin L. Spawn and Archie T. Wright
Part II: The Exploration of a Pneumatic Biblical Hermeneutic
from Various Perspectives within the Renewal Tradition
2 Word and Spirit, Scribe and Prophet in Old Testament
Hermeneutics 25
Mark J. Boda
3 The Principle of Analogy and Biblical Interpretation in the
Renewal Tradition 46
Kevin L. Spawn
4 Second Temple Period Jewish Biblical Interpretation:
An Early Pneumatic Hermeneutic 73
Archie T. Wright
5 Invoking the Spirit and Narrative Intent in John’s Apocalypse 99
Ronald Herms
6 ‘What the Spirit is Saying to the Church’ – The Testimony of
a Pentecostal in New Testament Studies 115
John Christopher Thomas
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7 Text–Community–Spirit: The Challenges Posed by Pentecostal
Theological Method to Evangelical Theology 130
Mark J. Cartledge
Part III: Responses to the Perspectives
8 Spirit and Scripture: A Response 145
Craig G. Bartholomew
9 The Role of the Spirit in Biblical Hermeneutics 154
James D. G. Dunn
10 Pneumatic Biblical Hermeneutics: A Response 160
R. Walter L. Moberly
Part IV: Contributor Responses to Bartholomew, Dunn and Moberly
11 Walking with the Spirit in the Word: A Response 169
Mark J. Boda
12 Analogy and the Scholar’s Shared Experience with the
Testimony of Scripture 173
Kevin L. Spawn
13 We are not all Pentecostals: A Response to Dunn, Moberly
and Bartholomew 177
Archie T. Wright
14 Response to Spirit and Scripture Responders 180
Ronald Herms
15 Discerning Dialogue 183
John Christopher Thomas
16 Pneumatic Hermeneutics: A Reply to Respondents 186
Mark J. Cartledge
Part V: Summation
17 Cultivating a Pneumatic Hermeneutic 191
Kevin L. Spawn and Archie T. Wright
Contents vii
Bibliography 199
Index of References 213
Index of Subjects 219
Index of Modern Authors 225

AbbreviAtions
2TP Second Temple Period
AB Anchor Bible
ABD Anchor Bible Dictionary
AJPS African Journal of Pentecostal Studies
AOAT Alter Orient und Altes Testament
BA Biblical Archaeologist
BibOr Biblica et orientalia
BZAW Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche
Wissenschaft
CBH Confessional Biblical Hermeneutic(s)
CBQ Catholic Biblical Quarterly
CD Damascus Document
CTQ Concordia Theological Quarterly
DJD Discoveries in the Judean Desert
DSD Dead Sea Discoveries
DSS Dead Sea Scrolls
DtrH Deuteronomistic Historian
ECC Eerdmans Critical Commentary
ET English Translation
HBC Historical biblical criticism
ICC International Critical Commentary
IVPNTCS IVP New Testament Commentary Series
JBL Journal of Biblical Literature
JBPR Journal of Biblical and Pneumatological Research
JJS Journal of Jewish Studies
JPT Journal of Pentecostal Theology
JPTSup Journal of Pentecostal Theology, Supplement Series
JSNT Journal for the Study of the New Testament
JSNTSup Journal for the Study of the New Testament, Supplement
Series
JSOT Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
JSOTSup Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, Supplement
Series
JSPSup Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha, Supplement
Series
LCL Loeb Classical Library
LHBOTS The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Series
LXX Septuagint