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Reading Scripture in the Fellowship of the Spirit

Reading Scripture in the Fellowship of the Spirit

          
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How does the Holy Spirit guide the Christian community in its custodianship and interpretation of Scripture? How does the fact that the Spirit is characterised by koinonia impact upon this task? In light of this, do we read Scripture with too much of an individualistic mindset? In this new book, Dr Trevor Reynolds addresses these questions, seeking answers primarily from within Scripture itself. He explores in depth what Jesus and the New Testament community taught concerning the interpretive role of the Holy Spirit. How did they interpret Scripture, with the help of the Spirit? He highlights their corporate/Spirit-led hermeneutic, with its challenge to our individualistic approaches. The New Testament writers interpreted the Old Testament in a way that revealed communal methods of interpretation. These were informed by Jewish pneumatic and corporate solidarity notions, as reshaped by Jesus’ own Spirit-given example and legacy. In this book, New Testament extracts are discussed which contain either specific examples of how Old Testament Scripture is interpreted by members of the New Testament community, with the Spirit’s help, or speak of the Spirit’s work of interpretation in a more general way. Trevor Reynolds seeks to uncover their implications for biblical hermeneutics, as well as for the doctrine, use and custodianship of Scripture in the life and witness of the church today. The book concludes by pointing to the wide ranging implications that reading Scripture in the fellowship of the Spirit poses for today’s church.

Table of Contents:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 4 PART 1 12 PNEUMATOLOGY, HERMENEUTICS AND KOINONIA EXPLORING THE CORPORATE DIMENSIONS OF BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION OPENED BY THE SPIRIT IN THE FACE OF HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY INDIVIDUALISM INTRODUCTION TO PART I 13 CHAPTER ONE: THE HOLY SPIRIT IN BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION 14 The Case for a ‘Community’ Approach 14 The Spirit’s Role in Biblical Interpretation: History of Scholarship 15 An Overview 15 Some Recent Developments 17 Conclusion 19 Definitions of Terms 19 Hermeneutics 19 Community 20 Corporate/Individualistic Readings 20 Individualism in Biblical Interpretation 21 The Case for a ‘Community’ Approach 29 Dangers of a ‘Community’ Approach 35 Community Absolutism 35 Pneumatic Vagueness 37 Erosion of Textual Autonomy 38 Over-emphasis upon the Community/ Individual Dichotomy 39 Conclusion to the Chapter 41 CHAPTER TWO: THE KOINONIA OF THE SPIRIT 42 Introduction 42 Contemporary Pneumatology 43 The Concept of Kοινωνία 43 Trinitarian 46 Dialogical 53 Historical 58 Eschatological 69 Conclusion to and Summary of the Whole Section 73 The Dimensions of Kοινωνία 74 Implications for Biblical Hermeneutics 74 Conclusion to the Chapter 85 CHAPTER THREE: THE SPIRIT AT THE INTERFACE OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS 86 Introduction 86 The Spirit in Contemporary Judaism 89 The ‘Spirit of Prophecy’ 89 Corporate Solidarity 90 The Use of Testimonia 93 The Spirit-anointed Messianic Exegete 96 Jesus as a Model of Spirit-inspired Exegesis 98 Jesus as a Promiser of Spirit-inspired Exegesis 100 Presuppositions of NT Writers 105 Charismatic Exegesis 105 Corporate Solidarity 107 Typology, Correspondences in History and Intertextuality 108 Eschatological Fulfilment 113 Messianic Presence, or Christocentricity 114 Conclusion to the Chapter 115 PART 2 119 THE PNEUMATOLOGICAL HERMENEUTICS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT COMMUNITY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE JOHANNINE, LUKAN AND PAULINE LITERATURE INTRODUCTION TO PART 2 120 CHAPTER FOUR: THE PROMISE OF THE PARACLETE (JOHN 14–16) 122 Introduction 122 Methodological Approach to ‘Community’ 122 Relevance of John 14–16 to the Subject of this Book 123 Spirit, Individual and Community in John 124 The Paraclete Sayings 125 The Nature of the Paraclete 126 (a) The Legal Aspect as ‘Advocate’ 126 (b) The Paraclete as the Alter Ego (‘Other I’) of Jesus 127 (c) The ‘Personal’ Paraclete 128 (d) The Spirit of Truth 129 (e) The Didactic Spirit 130 The Hermeneutical Functions of the Paraclete 131 Historical and Didactic (14:25–26) 131 Dialectical and Convictional (15:26–27; 16:7–11) 134 Conclusion to the Chapter 141 CHAPTER FIVE: SPIRIT AND HERMENEUTICS IN THE FIRST CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY 143 Introduction 143 Spirit, Scripture and Community 144 Lukan Pneumatology 144 The Use of Scripture in Speeches 147 Spirit, Word and Community 149 The Spirit-enabled Hermeneutics of the Early Christian Community 150 Acts 1: 15–26 The Election of Matthias: Reconstitution of the Apostolic Group 151 Acts 2 Pentecost: Spirit, Scripture and the Birth of the Church 154 Acts 4:23–31 Scripture in the Prayer Meeting 164 Acts 6–7 The Spirit’s Witness through Stephen and the Old Testament Before the Sanhedrin 167 Acts 15: Spirit and Scripture at the Council of Jerusalem 173 Conclusion to the Chapter 180 CHAPTER SIX: SPIRIT, COMMUNITY AND HERMENEUTICS IN PAUL 181 Introduction 181 The Flow of the Spirit 181 Corporate Terminology in Paul 183 Recapitulation 184 Foreword 185 Sources of Paul’s Pneumatology 185 Paul as a Jew 185 The Old Testament 188 The Jesus Encounter and Tradition 190 Paul’s Use of the Old Testament 192 Source of Authority 192 Influence of Allusions 192 Jewish and Contemporary Interpretation 193 Christian Convictions and Ecclesial Concerns 194 1 Corinthians 2:6–16: The Spirit of Understanding 195 The Communal Dimensions 196 Spirit-led Hermeneutics 199 Conclusion to 1 Corinthians 2 205 2 Corinthians 3: The Spirit of Glory 206 Incarnation 207 Disjunction 209 Liberation 210 Contemplation 214 Transformation 215 Glorification 216 Conclusion to 2 Corinthians 3 216 Romans 8: The Spirit of Sonship 217 The Life-giving Spirit (τοῦ πνεύματος τῆς ζωῆς in v. 2 and ζωή in vv. 6, 10, 11) 218 The Spiritual Mindset (vv. 4–13) 219 The Family Setting (vv. 14–17) 221 Eschatological Tension/‘Groaning’ (vv. 17–25) 223 Support in Weakness (vv. 26–27) 223 Conclusion to Romans 8 224 The Pastoral Epistles: The Spirit and Tradition 225 The Epistolary Form 227 Use of Theological Concepts, Sources and Traditions 228 The Pneumatological Undergirding 231 Guidance for Interpreters 234 Conclusion to the Pastoral Epistles 238 Conclusion to the Chapter 238 CHAPTER SEVEN: SPIRIT AND HERMENEUTICS IN THE JOHANNINE COMMUNITY 240 Introduction 240 Corporateness and Pneumatology in 1 John 242 χρῖσμα and Community in 1 John 2:20 and 27 245 (a) Antichrists (2:18–19) 245 (b) Anointing (2:20, 27) 246 (c) All (2:20c) 248 (d) Abiding (2:19, 24, 27) 251 Testing the Spirits in 1 John 4:1–6 252 Conclusion to the Chapter 263 CHAPTER EIGHT: READING SCRIPTURE IN THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE SPIRIT 265 Summary of Chapters 265 Some Implications of a ‘Spirit Through Community’ Hermeneutic 268 For the Hermeneutical Task 269 For the Doctrine of Scripture 275 For the Use of Scripture 278 For the Custodianship of Scripture 291 Final Word 291 BIBLIOGRAPHY 293


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  • ISBN-13: 9781910942710
  • Publisher: Faithbuilders Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Apostolos Publishing Ltd
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 322
  • Weight: 2000 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1910942715
  • Publisher Date: 14 Jun 2016
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 20 mm
  • Width: 152 mm


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