The Spirit Says : : Inspiration and Interpretation in Israelite, Jewish, and Early Christian Texts / / ed. by Ronald Herms, John R. Levison, Archie T. Wright.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2021
• MitwirkendeR: Bartholomew, Craig G.,; Beers, Holly,; Bennema, Cornelis,; Blackwell, Ben C.,; Boda, Mark J.,; Bowens, Lisa,; Briggs, Richard S.,; Charette, Blaine,; Herms, Ronald,; Levison, John R.,; Lincoln, Andrew T.,; McConville, J. Gordon,; Meye Thompson, Marianne,; Parker, Jonathan D.,; Stovell, Beth M.,; Strauss, Mark L.,; Stuckenbruck, Loren T.,; Thiselton, Anthony C.,; Wall, Robert,; Wright, Archie T.,; Wright, Benjamin G.,
• HerausgeberIn: Herms, Ronald,; Levison, John R.,; Wright, Archie T.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Ekstasis: Religious Experience from Antiquity to the Middle Ages , 8
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XV, 427 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Part I Methodology of Spiritual Interpretation -- Spiritual Interpretation of Scripture, the Spirit, and the Gospel of John -- Insight as a Characteristic of S/spirit in the Gospel of Mark: Spirit and Suffering as the Way of Insight in Mark’s Gospel -- Spirit, Kingship, and Inner-Biblical Allusion in the Book of the Twelve and the New Testament -- The Holy Spirit, Reason, and the Interpretation of Scripture -- Epistemology and the Spirit in Biblical and Philosophical Perspective -- Part II Jewish Scriptures and Cognate Literature -- Spirit and Mosaic Authority in Numbers 11 -- Discerning the Ways of God Beyond Israel: Joseph, Daniel, and the Spirit in Dream Interpretation -- Knowledge from Above: Revelatory Hermeneutics within Wisdom Literature -- “With a Spirit of Understanding” (Sir 39:6): Spirit and Inspiration in the Wisdom of Ben Sira -- Part III Early Christian Literature -- The Hermeneutical Role of the Spirit in the Johannine Writings -- The Spirit of Truth in John’s Gospel and Biblical Hermeneutics -- “The Paraclete Will Teach You All Things”: Spirit-Inspired Interpretation in the Gospel and Epistles of John -- The Spirit and Imitatio Christi in 1 John -- Who Carries the Mission Forward? The Unnamed and Overlooked Characters in Acts -- The Spirit and Justification in the Pauline Corpus -- The Inspired Interpretation of Scripture in 2 Corinthians 3, the Writings of Philo Judaeus, and the Letter to the Hebrews -- Circumcision and Worship in the Spirit of God (Phil. 3:3): The Realization of an Old Testament Covenantal Hope -- Paul’s Spirit Speech: Invasion and Disruption in Romans 8:19–23 -- “Every Scripture is God-breathed” -- “Return to the Heart:” The Self and Scripture in the Confessions of Augustine -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Subject Index -- Scripture Index