Community-Forming Power
1st Edition
Published on 13. October 2004
370 pages
978-0-567-65344-4 (ISBN)
Description
In past years the controversy over Luke's concept of the Spirit has centred on the ethical dimension of his pneumatology. Community-Forming Power sets out to address the issue by assessing the Lukan writings in the light of evidence from Second Temple Judaism and in applying speech-act theory to prophetic utterances. Wenk argues that the Spirit's role in prophecy cannot be limited to the content of the prophetic speech, stripping it artificially from the intention behind it. He further argues that the anointed church continues the liberating work of the anointed messiah in embracing the marginalized, and thus is instrumental in 'realizing good news for the poor'.
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1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-0-567-65344-4 (9780567653444)
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Matthias Wenk is a part-time lecturer at Theologisch-Diakonisches Seminar Aarau and pastors a church in Hindelbank, Switzerland.
Content
- 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 God
- 5. 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 Life
- 4. 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 Spirit
- 4. 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 RENEWAL
- 1. 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
- 2. Pentecost Anticipated: The Hope for Visible Manifestations and the Realization of God's Kingdom
- 3. Pentecost as the Continuation of Jesus' New Exodus
- 4. Conclusion
- Chapter 12 PENTECOST AND THE RENEWED COMMUNITY AS THE THIS-WORLDLY DIMENSION OF SALVATION AND COVENANT REALIZATION (ACTS 2.42-47)
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Literary Features that Suggest the Interrelationship between Acts 2.1-4 and vv. 42-47
- 3. The Literary Function of Summaries
- 4. The Qumran Community's Self-Understanding as a 'Congregation of the Holy Spirit' and Acts 2.42-47
- 5. The Spirit and the Summaries in Acts
- 6. The Renewed Community Anticipated in Joel 3.1-5 and the 'Year of the Lord's Favour' Proclaimed to the Poor
- 7. Summary and Conclusion
- Chapter 13 RECONCILIATION AND THE SPIRIT IN ACTS
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Community as the This-Worldly Dimension of Salvation and the Threat of Schism in the Early (Lukan) Church
- 3. The Spirit and the Preservation of Unity: Conflicting Claims to the Spirit in Acts 20.22-21.16
- 4. The Spirit and the Realization of Salvation: A Growing Community's Struggle for Continuity and Discontinuity in its Identity
- 5. Summary and Conclusion
- Chapter 14 CONCLUSION
- 1. Summary
- 2. Implications
- Bibliography
- Index of References
- Index of Authors
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