Spirit and Scripture

Archie T. Wright (Ph.D., Durham University) is Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at the School of Divinity, Regent University and is the author of The Origin of Evil Spirits (2005). Kevin L. Spawn (D.Phil., Oxford University) is Associate Professor of Old Testament at the School of Divinity, Regent University and is author of "As It Is Written" and Other Citation Formulae in the Old Testament: Their Use, Development, Syntax and Significance (2002).

The genius of this book lies in the atmosphere of inquiry it evokes, of significant questions raised and provisional answers proffered. Its six foundational essays reflect a diversity of perspectives rather than a monolithic or myopic point of view, while the responses to these essays by its sympathetic interlocutors, Craig Bartholomew, Jimmy Dunn, and Walter Moberly—contributions alone worth the price of the book—lodge incisive critiques, to which the Pentecostal and charismatic authors of the original essays offer further responses. Though not the first word on the subject and certainly not the last, according to both authors and critics in this volume, this is nonetheless a substantial, scholarly word that should be pivotal in the ongoing effort to carve out a sane and spirit-filled approach to the interpretation of scripture.'

• Part I: The Emergence of a Pneumatic Biblical Hermeneutic in the Renewal Tradition by Kevin L. Spawn and Archie T. Wright.; Part II: The Possibility of a Pneumatic Biblical Hermeneutic from various perspectives. Max Turner John Christopher Thomas Mark Stibbe Mark J. Boda Mark Bonnington Ron Herms Archie T. Wright Kevin L. Spawn; Part III: Written Responses from scholars who are conversant with Pneumatic Biblical Hermeneutics. James D. G. Dunn R. Walter L. Moberly Anthony C. Thiselton; Part IV: Contributors of Part II reply to the responses of Part III.; Part V: Conclusion, by the editors. General Bibliography.