by: Craig S. Keener

• Format

  Paperback

  ISBN

  9780801046773

  Dimensions

  6 x 9

  Pub. Date

  Apr 2010

  SRP

  $35.00

  Carton Quantity

  24

  Number of pages

  310

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"[This book] contains a wealth of exegetical work, including a thorough investigation of historical questions related to the passages examined. Keener handles both the biblical text and extra-biblical sources carefully and even-handedly."--John D. Harvey, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society

Craig Keener carefully examines the New Testament Gospels and the book of Acts to provide a fuller understanding of what the Holy Spirit meant in the lives of early believers. Christianity did not arise in a vacuum, but rather it appropriated, modified, and utilized the Jewish understanding of the work of the Holy Spirit. By understanding the world in which Christianity emerged, we can better understand the earliest believers' experience of God's empowering and purifying Spirit. This paperback edition contains a new preface by Keener.

Reviews

"This is a detailed and stimulating treatment of the selected passages and is full of observations beyond the proposed ambit of the study."--Bill Salier, Reformed Theological Review

"[This book] contains a wealth of exegetical work, including a thorough investigation of historical questions related to the passages examined. Keener handles both the biblical text and extrabiblical sources carefully and evenhandedly. He refers consistently to primary sources, and he has included extensive bibliographical resources and indexes. His tracing of the theme of water as a means of purification in the chapter on John's Gospel is particularly interesting, and the comparatively brief chapter on Acts . . . provides a good overview of the Spirit as the source of prophetic empowerment."--John D. Harvey, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society