those who claim a dynamic experience of the Spirit and his gifts, in no way limited to Pentecostal denominations or independent charismatic churches. Moreover, consensus definitions of “Pentecostal,” and thus of Pentecostal hermeneutics, are elusive.8 Even classical Pentecostal interpretive practices are as diverse as the historical roots and settings of these churches and the academic settings of their interpreters; most of their approaches are not in fact distinctive of Pentecostal experience per