Joel and the Spirit : the cry of a prophetic hermeneutic

Joel's cry of lament resonates through both the content and method of this fresh hearing of the prophet's message. The presupposition of a Pentecostal experience of the Spirit moves the author of this volume to discern the development of the book of Joel as a threefold movement of lament, salvation, and judgment. The interrelation of these themes gives distinctive shape to the promise and reception of the Spirit and provides an instructive paradigm for a revisioning of Pentecostal eschatology. Thus a prophetic hermeneutic is uncovered in the book of Joel and modeled in this appropriation of Joel's message. Joel and the Spirit 1 Joel and the Spirit 5 Pentecostal Hermeneutics 17 Critical Assumptions about the Book of Joel 22 The Themes of Joel and the promise of the Spirit 28 Literary Structure Three Movements 28 Genres and Development of Themes 34 The Promise of the Spirit in the Book of Joel 47 Conclusions 51 The Themes of Joel in the New Testament 53 The Spirit and Joel’s Themes in Other New Testament Writings 74 Conclusions 80 The Themes of Joel in Pentecostalism 84 Conclusions 118 The Book of Joel: Confessions of a Pentecostal Reader 120 the Spirit 142 The Cry of a Prophetic Hermeneutic 142 Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Acknowledgments : CPT Press edition -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The themes of Joel and the promise of the spirit -- Chapter 3. The themes of Joel in the New Testament -- Chapter 4. The themes of Joel in Pentecostalism -- Chapter 5. The book of Joel : confessions of a Pentecostal reader -- Bibliography -- Index of Biblical references -- Index of authors.