Augustine and Pentecostals
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20161775 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Derek M Geerlof (Ambrose University, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 262-280 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Pneuma (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0272-0965 • E-ISSN: 1570-0747 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15700747-03702017 |
| OpenAlex | W998740950 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
This essay interacts with Augustine’s figurative interpretation of Ps 142 and a pentecostal priority to experience God in ways analogous to experience found within the narratives of Scripture. Contending that the Psalms are both historical and prophecy-fulfilled-in-Christ, Augustine interprets Ps 142 within the dual histories of David and Christ. This grounds his figurative interpretation firmly within scriptural narratives while providing a means of viewing the psalm as the prayerful expression of Christ’s own experience. His theology of the totus Christus then unites the experiences of the church and Christ, ensuring that Christian interpretation of an Old Testament experience does not bypass Christ. The telos of interpretation does not reside in the past, but in the present transformation and encounter of the church with the triune God
Art · Epistemology · Linguistics · Literal and figurative language · Literature · Narrative · New Testament · Old Testament · Telos · Theology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Historical and Linguistic Studies · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |