By John Breck
Spirit of fact is the 1st of a two-volume examine of the foundation and improvement of the educating of the Holy Spirit because it seems within the Gospel and primary Epistle of John. Scholarly works on Johannine Pneumatology have tended to be aware of identical to Spirit as Paraclete or recommend, and feature ignored the categorical 'hermeneutic' or teaching-interpreting function attributed to the Spirit during the New testomony and in particular within the considered the fourth evangelist. the aim of this learn is to discover and clarify how this hermeneutic functionality constructed in Johannine notion and ecclesial event, and to emphasize its important implications for scriptural interpretation and preaching inside of our church neighborhood this present day. the 1st quantity finds the effect of the previous testomony, Zoroastrianism and Qumran texts at the shaping of the determine of the Spirit in Israel's non secular event. It strains the starting place of similar to Spirit of fact throughout the previous testomony and intertestamental Judaism. Its dualistic element ('spirit of truth/spirit of deception,'as in I John 4:6) is proven to be rooted within the useless Sea Scrolls and, finally, within the ethical-eschatological dualism of the Iranian prophet Zarathustra. This ebook indicates, eventually, how Israel got here to understand the Spirit as a blessing, sanctifying, holding and revealing divine presence.
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267fl-, on the other hand, stresses the collective nature of the Servant, although he acknowledges that the prototype might have been an individual figure. Cf. S. H. 3-93; and the commentary by Westermmn, ad lac. H. ith, Isaiah 4'0-66. 172-175, who identifies this figure with the Israelite exiles deported to Babylon in 597. N. Whybray, Thanlesgivingfor a Liberated Prophet: An Interpretation ofIsaiah CIA 53, (I SOT supplement 4) (Sheffield, 1978), holds with a number of modern scholars that the servant is Deut-ls himself.
To receive and to obey the Word. ” Hope in the new covenant, however, presupposes that the Spirit will “return” to the stage of history and once again proclaim the Word of God. Renewal of prophecy is therefore a necessary precondition for the covenant’s fulfillment. 24 To those who have been “broken in spirit,” the Spirit of prophecy empowers this anointed one to proclaim a life-giving ‘Word of comfort or consolation (DOG para/ealesai; cf 40: 1). The Spirit is not the healing power; rather it serves as the inspiration behind the healing Word.
33. On the structure and central theme of this psalm, see]. Breck, “Biblical Chiasmus: Exploring Structure for Meaning,” BTB XVII/2 (1987) 71. 34- H--L Kraus, PM/men I (l\lculLlI'Cl1€I1, 1960). p-388i. expresses Well tbs gawitous nature of this gift: “Man is incapable of preparing a ‘ pure heart,’ and no ritual can bring it to life. ” 35- Thus. For example, Volz, Kohler, Mowincltel, and Eiehrodt. 36. Further evidence of pre-exilic prophetic inspiration is offered by P. sprit de lahvé,“ P- 553-537; UI\dbl0m.