Spirit Hermeneutics : Reading Scripture in Light of Pentecost.

✍ Scribed by Keener, Craig S.; Young, Amos

• Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 661
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Title Page
Copyright
Table of Contents
Foreword, by Amos Yong
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
What This Book Is Not
What Is Spirit Hermeneutics?
Insights from Global Pentecostal Emphases on the Spirit
Pentecostal Hermeneutics and Spirit Hermeneutics
The "Pentecostal" in "Pentecostal Hermeneutics"
Descriptive or Prescriptive?
A More Prescriptive Approach
The Wider Christian Hermeneutic of the Spirit
How Does Illumination Function?
The Wider Christian Tradition Affirms Illumination
Interdenominational Consensus
My Own Background
My Own Development in Thinking. A Legacy from Pentecostal ScholarsI. A Theological Reading Toward Praxis and Mission
1. Reading Experientially
Early Pentecostalism's Missiological Reading of Acts 2
Looking to Biblical Narratives for Models
The Value in Reading Devotionally
Reading Biblically Is Reading Experientially
A Pentecostal Approach
Experiential Reading in Other Charismatic Hermeneutics
Experiential Reading Is Inevitable
Experiential Reading Is Desirable
Experiential Reading Is Biblical
One-time Events
Conclusion
2. Reading from the Vantage of Pentecost
Knowing God's Heart
Reading Missionally. Reading from within Spirit-filled ExperienceReading with the Humble
An Eschatological Reading
On the Border of a New World
The Last Days of Acts 2:17
Pentecost and Its Subsequent Revivals
Noncessationist, or Continuationist, Reading
Conclusion
II. Global Readings
3. Global Reading: The Biblical Model of Pentecost
Reversal of Babel
Narrative Function of Tongues in Acts
Association with Baptism in the Spirit in Classical Pentecostal Interpretation
Tongues and Cross-cultural Mission
The Bicultural Hellenists (Acts 6)
Conclusion
4. Global Reading: Contextualization and Scripture. Introduction: Scripture and ContextScripture as a Cross-cultural Canon
Insights on Scripture from Diverse Cultures
Cross-cultural Communication within Scripture: A Case Study
Contextualization within the Bible
Recontextualization for a New Context in Scripture
Conclusion
5. Needing Other Cultures' Input
Contextualization Is Inevitable
Culture Shapes What We Think Is Cultural
Blind Spots
Prioritizing Texts
Bible Teaching and Cultural Imperialism
Hearing Today's Global Church
Brief Excursus on Method
Conclusion
6. Some Valuable Majority World Insights
Case Study I: Spirits. Global Experiences concerning SpiritsWestern Academic vs. Indigenous Interpretations
Witchcraft
Case Study II: Miracles
Sympathy vs. Antipathy
Widespread Experiences
Reading Miracles with the Global Church
Challenging Western Skepticism about Miracles
Conclusion
III. Connection With the Designed Sense
7. The Measuring Stick
The Shape of the Canonical Documents
Interpretive Goals Dictate Methods
Pentecostal Tradition and the Canon
Fundamental Truths
Charismatic Granola
The Purpose of Canon
Evaluating Other Revelations
Discernment
Biblical Spirit, Spirit-inspired Bible.

✦ Subjects

Bible -- Hermeneutics;Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc;Holy Spirit;Pentecostalism;Bible;Hermeneutics