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Author Wenk, Matthias

Title Community-Forming Power
Published Edinburgh : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (369 pages)
Contents Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; 1. The Religious and Ethical Dimensions of Lukan Pneumatology: A Survey of Modern Scholarship; 2. The Thesis of This Study; 3. Definition of Terms; Part I: INTRODUCTION TO THE SPIRIT IN THE HEBREW OLD TESTAMENT AND IN SECOND TEMPLE JUDAISM; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE RELIGIOUS AND ETHICAL LIFE OF ISRAEL IN THE OLD TESTAMENT; 1. The Spirit as the Spirit of Creation and Completion; 2. The Spirit of God and the Messiah; 3. The Spirit of God and Israel's Leaders
4. The Spirit of God and the Judgment of God5. Conclusion; Chapter 3 THE PALESTINIAN LITERATURE; 1. Wisdom, Spirit and Covenant in Ben Sira; 2. Pseudo-Philo (Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum); 3. The Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs; 4. Various Texts; 5. Conclusion; Chapter 4 THE HELLENISTIC WRITINGS OF JUDAISM; 1. Wisdom of Solomon; 2. Philo; 3. Joseph and Aseneth; 4. Summary; Chapter 5 COVENANT RENEWAL AND THE SPIRIT IN THE QUMRAN WRITINGS; 1. The Two Spirits in 1QS 3-4; 2. The Spirit's Role upon Entering the Community: An Experience of Covenant Renewal
3. The Spirit Sustaining the Sectarian's Religious Life4. The Spirit and the Messianic Traditions Based on Isaiah 11.1-4; 5. Conclusion; Chapter 6 'WITHDRAWAL' OF THE SPIRIT AS A SIGN OF GOD'S 'WITHDRAWAL' FROM ISRAEL; CONCLUSION: ON THE SPIRIT IN JUDAISM; Part II: THE SPIRIT AND THE RELIGIOUS LIFE OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD IN LUKE-ACTS; Chapter 7 THE TRANSFORMATIONAL AND CREATIVE FORCE OF PROPHETIC SPEECH; 1. Introduction; 2. When Prophecy No Longer Transforms the Audience: Historical-Sociological Insights on Prophetic Speech
3. When Prophecy Transforms Realities: Speech- Act Theory and the Holy Spirit4. Summary and Conclusion; Chapter 8 THE INFANCY NARRATIVES: THE RESTORATION ANTICIPATED; 1. Luke 1.11-17: The Forerunner Announced; 2. Luke 1.35: The Pneumatic Messiah Anticipated; 3. Summary and Conclusion; Chapter 9 'A PEOPLE PREPARED FOR THE LORD' : THE ROLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN JOHN THE BAPTIST'S MINISTRY (LUKE 3.1-20); 1. John the Prophet; 2. The Effects of John's Pneumatic Ministry of Transformation in Contrast to the Coming One's Ministry(Luke 3.15-17); 3. Summary and Implications
Chapter 10 THE SPIRIT IN THE LIFE AND MINISTRY OF JESUS: SOURCE OF OBEDIENCE AND AGENCY FOR RENEWAL1. Introduction; 2. The Significance of Jesus' Baptism (Luke 3.22); 3. The Obedient Messianic Son and the Spirit (Luke 4.1-13.14); 4. The Fulfilment of Liberation by the Anointed Messiah: A Premise for the Community's Ethos (Luke 4.16-30); 5. Luke 11.1-13: The Spirit and the Restoration of Human Relationships; 6. Summary; Chapter 11 PENTECOST AND JOEL 3.1-5: A HERMENEUTICAL KEY TO THE PNEUMATIC EXPERIENCE OF RESTORATION AND LIBERATION; 1. Introduction
Notes 2. Pentecost Anticipated: The Hope for Visible Manifestations and the Realization of God's Kingdom
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SUBJECT Bible. Luke -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Bible. Acts -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Bible. Acts. fast (OCoLC)fst01892885
Bible. Luke. fast (OCoLC)fst01892926
Subject Holy Spirit -- Biblical teaching
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780567653444
0567653447