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With this study, Menzies sets a new standard for pneumatology. Beginning with an overview of the pneumatological perspectives of intertestamental Judaism (including literature from the Diaspora, Palestinian, Qumran and rabbinic sources), the first section concludes that for the most part these sources “consistently identify experience of the Spirit with prophetic inspiration.” The next section...

prophets; and it was his expectation that this potential would be realized in the church of his day as it had been in the past (Lk. 3:16; 11:13; 2:38–39). 3. Luke’s Distinctive Pneumatology: A Response to Evangelical Objections In his failure to address today’s crucial issue, Fee does not stand alone. Two commonly held presuppositions have inhibited many Evangelical non-Pentecostals from considering the distinctive character of Luke’s pneumatology. The first presupposition is associated with the
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