Journal of Biblical and Pneumatological Research

      VOLUME 3, 2011

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      The cover of JBPR features professor John C. Trevor’s photograph of the Isaiah scroll found in Cave 1 at Qumran and is used with the copyright permission of his estate. The scroll consists of 17 sheets of sheepskin sewn together, being 24 feet long and 10 inches high. The earliest biblical manuscript appears here as it looked in 1948 after being sealed in a jar and unexposed to light for over two thousand years. Dr. Trevor has opened the scroll to Isa 38:8–40:28. Lines 2 and 3 in the left column contain Isa 40:3 which inspired the community that produced the Dead Sea Scrolls.

      Journal of Biblical and Pneumatological Research

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      Paul Elbert, Pentecostal Theological Seminary

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      Editorial Board

      Thirty three scholars in thirteen countries serve the critical collaborative editorial process of the Journal of Biblical and Pneumatological Research, an international peer-reviewed journal:

      Guillermo Acero, Insitution Biblico Pastoral Latinamericano, Universidad Minuto de Dios, COLUMBIA

      Mervin Breneman, Escuela de Estudios Pastorales, COSTA RICA

      Chris Carter, Central Bible College, Tokyo, JAPAN

      Blaine Charette, Northwest University, USA

      Roger Cotton, Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, USA

      Terry Cross, Lee University, USA

      Andrew Davies, University of Birmingham, UK

      David Dorman, Near East School of Theology, LEBANON

      Scott Ellington, Emmanuel College (Georgia), USA

      Janet Meyer Everts, Hope College, USA

      A. Kay Fountain, Asia Pacific Theological Seminary, PHILIPPINES

      Jacqueline Grey, Alphacrucis College, AUSTRALIA

      Jon Huntzinger, King’s Seminary, USA

      William Kay, Bangor University, UK

      Dongsoo Kim, Pyeongtaek University, SOUTH KOREA

      William Kurz, S.J., Marquette University, USA

      Leonard Maré, North-West University, SOUTH AFRICA

      Lee Roy Martin, Pentecostal Theological Seminary, USA

      Robert Menzies, Synergy (A Rural Service Organization), CHINA

      Martin Mittlestadt, Evangel University, USA

      David Norris, Urshan Graduate School, USA

      Finney Philip, Filadelfia Bible College, INDIA

      John Poirier, Kingswell Theological Seminary, USA

      Emerson Powery, Messiah College, USA

      Robin Routledge, Mattersey Hall College and Graduate School, UK

      James Shelton, Oral Roberts University, USA

      Rebecca Skaggs, Patten University, USA

      Kevin Spawn, Regent University, USA

      Rob Starner, Southwestern Assemblies of God University, USA

      Roger Stronstad, Summit Pacific College, CANADA

      Robby Waddell, Southeastern University (Florida), USA

      Keith Warrington, Regents Theological College, UK

      Wilhelm Wessels, University of South Africa, SOUTH AFRICA

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      Editor’s Overview of Volume 3

The strong contemporary interest in New Testament prophecy certainly complements the new discoveries and insights that a deeper understanding of Israelite prophecy may bring to the fore. Galen Goldsmith ably demonstrates this point with her new study on the cutting edge of that inspired prophetic speech and its imagery wherein the divine name plays an intriguing and heuristic role. Prophecy in the Book of Revelation continues to be mined for new insights and in this volume we are offered two studies which interact with much of the recent scholarship exploring these new insights. Rebecca Skaggs and Thomas Doyle look at details of the audio/visual component of revelation and David Seal treats the impact of aural effects on listeners to what is being revealed. Moving to Paul, Simo Frestadius gives us an insightful analysis of Paul’s interlocking connection of the Holy Spirit with the reality of divine wisdom as expressed in chapter two of First Corinthians. In keeping with the prophetic revelation of the one true God in the Old Testament, the righteousness of Yahweh and its notable characteristics are given a fresh investigation by Keith Whitt, helping to deepen both our understanding of this aspect of the divine nature and our appreciation of its efficacious direction toward us. In the narrative-rhetorical area, we are always interested in the interpretive significance of point of view and vanThanh Nguyen does not disappoint with his perceptive study of Luke’s portrayal of the Gentile mission. Our seven entries for this volume are brought to a fitting close with Lyle Story’s attention to the contextual details of how the Holy Spirit functions as a freely acting and independent communal but personal witness, a phenomenon of collective Christian experience noticed by the Jerusalem council in the Book of Acts. This interactive connection and partnership with the Spirit which can assist in overcoming ecclesiological difficulties and tensions, very briefly considered earlier by Oskar Föller,1 is given a welcome and timely examination here by Professor Story.

      Our panel of critical reviewers complements well the in-depth investigations of our aforementioned authors. R. G. dela Cruz, A. Kay Fountain, Rebecca Skaggs, Thomas Doyle, James Miller, and Andrew Davis attempt to evaluate the work represented by their respective authors, while also stimulating current discussion when appropriate. On behalf of the journal’s editorial board, I am grateful for the opportunity to commend this third volume of JBPR to friends of scholarship everywhere within the biblical and theological community of scholars, teachers, pastors, missionaries, and Gospel workers.

      P.E.

1. Föller’s very brief treatment categorized as “Paradoxe Wechselbeziehung und Parnerschaft: Der überwindende Geist als Gabe” appears within his broader discussion of “Der Heilige Geist und die Erkenntnis seines Wirkens in einem heilökonomisch-trinitarischen dogmatischen