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Book SynopsisIn Pentecostal Hermeneutics: A Reader Lee Roy Martin brings together fourteen significant publications on biblical interpretation, along with a new introduction to Pentecostal hermeneutics and an extensive up-to-date bibliography on the topic. Organized chronologically, these essays trace the development of Pentecostal hermeneutics as an academic discipline. The concerns of modern historical criticism have often stood at odds with Pentecostalism’s use of Scripture. Therefore, over the last three decades, Pentecostal scholars have attempted to identify the unique characteristics and interpretive practices of their tradition and to offer constructive proposals for a Pentecostal hermeneutic that would be critically valid and, at the same time, be consistent with the Pentecostal ethos and conducive for the continued development of the global Pentecostal movement. Contributors include: Rickie D. Moore, John Christopher Thomas, Jackie David Johns, Cheryl Bridges Johns, John W. McKay, Robert O. Baker, Scott A. Ellington, Kenneth J. Archer, Robby Waddell, Andrew Davies, Clark H. Pinnock, and Lee Roy Martin.
Table of ContentsPreface ... vii 1. I ntroduction to Pentecostal Hermeneutics ... 1 Lee Roy Martin 2. A Pentecostal Approach to Scripture ... 11 iRickie D. Moore 3. Canon and Charisma in the Book of Deuteronomy ... 15 Rickie D. Moore 4. Yielding to the Spirit: A Pentecostal Approach to Group Bible Study ... 33 Jackie David Johns and Cheryl Bridges Johns 5. When the Veil is Taken Away: The Impact of Prophetic Experience on Biblical Interpretation ... 57 John W. McKay 6. Women, Pentecostalism, and the Bible: An Experiment in Pentecostal Hermeneutics ... 81 John Christopher Thomas 7. Pentecostal Bible Reading: Toward a Model of Reading for the Formation of the Affections ... 95 Robert O. Baker 8. Deuteronomy and the Fire of God: A Critical Charismatic Interpretation ... 109 Rickie D. Moore 9. Pentecostal Hermeneutics: Retrospect and Prospect ... 131 Kenneth J. Archer 10. Pentecostalism and the Authority of Scripture ... 149 Scott A. Ellington 11. Hearing What the Spirit Says to the Churches: Profile of a Pentecostal Reader of the Apocalypse ... 171 Robby Waddell 12. Hearing the Voice of God: Pentecostal Hermeneutics and The Book of Judges ... 205 Lee Roy Martin 13. T he Work of the Spirit in the Interpretation of Holy Scripture from the Perspective of a Charismatic Biblical Theologian ... 233 Clark H. Pinnock 14. What Does It Mean to Read the Bible as a Pentecostal? ... 249 Andrew Davies 15. Psalm 63 and Pentecostal Spirituality: An Exercise in Affective Hermeneutics ... 263 Lee Roy Martin Bibliography of Works on Pentecostal Hermeneutics ... 285 Index of Biblical References ... 291 Index of Authors ... 298
