Hearing and Speaking: Exploring the Dialogue between Author and Reader in a Pentecostal Hermeneutic

Pentecostal hermeneuts continue to debate whether the locus of meaning in a biblical text should be found principally with the author's intended meaning, the reader, the revealing Spirit, or some combination of these. This article argues that meaning cannot be isolated to the writer or the read...

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Main Author: Ellington, Scott A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: Journal of pentecostal theology
Year: 2019, Volume: 28, Issue: 2, Pages: 215-227
IxTheo Classification:HA Bible
KDG Free church
NBG Pneumatology; Holy Spirit
VB Hermeneutics; Philosophy
Further subjects:B dialogical
B Pentecostal
B Hermeneutics
B Acts
B Meaning
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Summary:Pentecostal hermeneuts continue to debate whether the locus of meaning in a biblical text should be found principally with the author's intended meaning, the reader, the revealing Spirit, or some combination of these. This article argues that meaning cannot be isolated to the writer or the reader alone, but requires an ongoing dialogue facilitated by the Spirit. Luke's interpretive use of the Old Testament in Acts demonstrates the diversity of the ongoing dialogue between author, reader, and Spirit in the interpretive process.
ISSN:1745-5251
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of pentecostal theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/17455251-02802005