The Influence of the Holy Spirit: The Popular View of the Apostolic Age and the Teaching of the Apostle
Overview
This little book, the first by Hermann Gunkel, shattered the reigning images of the New Testament idea of the Spirit. Gunkel’s argument not only revolutionized the theology of his time but has continued to be foundational for most subsequent studies on the subject. As he did in so much of his work, Gunkel not only explores the milieu of the New Testament but also demonstrates the dependence of the biblical message upon its religious environment.
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Top Highlights
“All these examples support our thesis that the consciousness of a special divine purpose did not belong to the symptoms of an activity of the Spirit, that for this reason what is of worth to the community must not on that account be an activity of the Spirit.” (Pages 25–26)
“First of all, then, we regard as the essential component of this concept in Paul that the Spirit is an absolutely supernatural, divine power. Next, that it is characteristic of this power to find the place of its activity in a person’s heart. Through the first, the Spirit is distinguished from all natural powers; through the second, from other factors related to the divine. This serves as a preliminary orientation.” (Page 79)
“Faith comes through preaching, and the Spirit descends usually by the laying on of hands following baptism (Acts 8:17; 19:6) or by the laying on of hands prior to (Acts 9:17) and during baptism (Acts 2:38). The reception of the Spirit is thus God’s witness to the existence of faith (Acts 15:8ff.; 11:17). Faith, then, is not derived from the Spirit but is held to be the prerequisite for receiving the Spirit.” (Page 17)
“the πνεῦμα. This means that the entire life of the Christian reveals a powerful, transcendent, divine power” (Page 95)
“the presence and activity of the Spirit in the world are for Paul a divine guarantee of the Christian faith” (Page 81)
- Title: The Influence of the Holy Spirit: The Popular View of the Apostolic Age and the Teaching of the Apostle Paul
- Author: Hermann Gunkel
- Publisher: Fortress Press
- Print Publication Date: 2008
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Pages: 144
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Holy Spirit › Biblical teaching
- Resource ID: LLS:NFLNCHLYSPRTPPL
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T04:45:47Z