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In past years the controversy over Luke’s concept of the Spirit has centered on the ethical dimension of his pneumatology. Community-Forming Power sets out to address the issue by assessing the Lukan writings in the light of evidence from Second Temple Judaism and by applying speech-act theory to prophetic utterances. Wenk argues that the Spirit’s role in prophecy cannot be limited to the content...

more than the absence of charisma. Von Baer rejects Gunkel’s position but holds on to his thesis that the concern of Lukan pneumatology is the missionary motif.38 6. The Holy Spirit intervenes only through human agencies.39 Von Baer does not exclude the ethical dimension from Lukan pneumatology as drastically as Gunkel. Throughout his work there is a certain tension between his thesis and his inclination to admit a certain soteriological role to the Spirit in Luke-Acts. Statements like ‘Spirit-Baptism
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