Former biblioblogger Dr. Jim West put up his 3 part review of John Levison’s latest book Filled with the Spirit (Eerdmans 2009).
http://www.scribd. com/doc/21959014 /Filled-With- the-Spirit- Part-One- Israelite- Literature
http://www.scribd. com/doc/22546635 /Filled-With- the-Spirit- Part-Two- Jewish-Literatur e
http://www.scribd. com/doc/23500677 /Filled-With- the-Spirit- Part-Three- Early-Christian- Literature
If you are a part of the biblical studies yahoo group – their is a Q&A colloquium going with Dr. Levison. Certainly this book will not be without controversy (one potentially controversial point being that Levison refuses capitalization of the English “spirit” in his work) but probably, it should be read and considered by Pentecostals and non-Pentecostals alike. It seems, both will be forced to wrestle with issues related to the occurances of ruach/pneuma in the Scriptures, as seen by John Levison.
Is Jim not blogging no more? I stop following his blog sometime early last year.
yes, he shut down his blog. he moved on.
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