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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...

The survey has also shown that with the exception of Haya-Prats, so far no one has set out to probe the ethical dimension of Lukan pneumatology as a sole study. Several scholars are willing to admit certain ethical implications, but most of these studies are designed as broader studies, either of Lukan pneumatology or of general New Testament pneumatology, the exception being Turner’s works. Most of the scholars who are critical towards a link between ethics and the Holy Spirit must admit at one
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