The Spirit Says: Inspiration and Interpretation in Israelite, Jewish, and Early Christian Texts

Published by De Gruyter 2021

The Spirit Says

Inspiration and Interpretation in Israelite, Jewish, and Early Christian Texts

Edited by: Ronald Herms , John R. Levison and Archie T. Wright

Volume 8 in the series Ekstasis: Religious Experience from Antiquity to the Middle Ages

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110689297

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About this book

The Spirit Says offers a stunning collection of articles by an influential assemblage of scholars, all of whom lend considerable insight to the relationship between inspiration and interpretation. They address this otherwise intractable question with deft and occasionally daring readings of a variety of texts from the ancient world, including—but not limited to—the scriptures of early Judaism and Christianity.

The thrust of this book can be summed up not so much in one question as in four:

o What is the role of revelation in the interpretation of Scripture?

o What might it look like for an author to be inspired?

o What motivates a claim to the inspired interpretation of Scripture?

o Who is inspired to interpret Scripture?

More often than not, these questions are submerged in this volume under the tame rubrics of exegesis and hermeneutics, but they rise in swells and surges too to the surface, not just occasionally but often. Combining an assortment of prominent voices, this book does not merely offer signposts along the way. It charts a pioneering path toward a model of interpretation that is at once intellectually robust and unmistakably inspired.

Author / Editor information

Ronald Herms, Fresno Pacific U., USA, John R. Levison, Southern Methodist U., USA, Archie T. Wright, London School of Theology, UK.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Introduction John R. Levison Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I Methodology of Spiritual Interpretation
Spiritual Interpretation of Scripture, the Spirit, and the Gospel of John Andrew T. Lincoln Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Insight as a Characteristic of S/spirit in the Gospel of Mark: Spirit and Suffering as the Way of Insight in Mark’s Gospel Blaine Charette Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
Spirit, Kingship, and Inner-Biblical Allusion in the Book of the Twelve and the New Testament Beth M. Stovell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
The Holy Spirit, Reason, and the Interpretation of Scripture Anthony C. Thiselton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
Epistemology and the Spirit in Biblical and Philosophical Perspective Mark L. Strauss Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
Part II Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Literature
Spirit and Mosaic Authority in Numbers 11 Jonathan D. Parker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
Discerning the Ways of God Beyond Israel: Joseph, Daniel, and the Spirit in Dream Interpretation Richard S. Briggs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
Knowledge from Above: Revelatory Hermeneutics within Wisdom Literature Mark J. Boda Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
“With a Spirit of Understanding” (Sir 39:6): Spirit and Inspiration in the Wisdom of Ben Sira Benjamin G. Wright Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
Part III Early Christian Literature
The Hermeneutical Role of the Spirit in the Johannine Writings Cornelis Bennema Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
The Spirit of Truth in John’s Gospel and Biblical Hermeneutics Craig G. Bartholomew Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
“The Paraclete Will Teach You All Things”: Spirit-Inspired Interpretation in the Gospel and Epistles of John Marianne Meye Thompson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
The Spirit and Imitatio Christi in 1 John Loren T. Stuckenbruck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Who Carries the Mission Forward? The Unnamed and Overlooked Characters in Acts Holly Beers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
The Spirit and Justification in the Pauline Corpus Ben C. Blackwell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
The Inspired Interpretation of Scripture in 2 Corinthians 3, the Writings of Philo Judaeus, and the Letter to the Hebrews John R. Levison Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
Circumcision and Worship in the Spirit of God (Phil. 3:3): The Realization of an Old Testament Covenantal Hope Blaine Charette Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293
Paul’s Spirit Speech: Invasion and Disruption in Romans 8:19–23 Lisa Bowens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311
“Every Scripture is God-breathed” Robert Wall Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331
“Return to the Heart:” The Self and Scripture in the Confessions of Augustine J. Gordon McConville Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	351
Epilogue Ronald Herms, John R. Levison and Archie T. Wright Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	367
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	373
Subject Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	395
Scripture Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	403

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars, students, and institutes, students of biblical studies, religious studies, and textual interpretation.
Pages
- Front matter: 15
- Main content: 427
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 7
- Tables: 2
Keywords: Holy Spirit; New Testament; hermeneutics; textual criticism

eBook

Published: October 25, 2021
ISBN: 9783110689297

Hardcover

Published: October 25, 2021
ISBN: 9783110688214