Publisher's Synopsis
Pentecostal interpretation of biblical texts starts with the reader experiencing the revelation of the Spirit in the biblical narrative and leads to the reader witnessing about the spiritual experience in terms that is reminiscent of of the biblical narrative. Their experience is formed by the expectation that what people in biblical times experienced is to be repeated today. Pentecostals engage in narrative theology based on and described in terms of the narrative texts in the Bible. This book suggests that in their exegetical labors, Pentecostals should consider utilizing the results of an historical analysis combined with a functional and semiotic analysis to interpret narrative texts. These methods are described then demonstrated using Daniel 1 and 2. (Series: Theology in Africa, Vol. 8) [Subject: Religious Studies, African Studies, Pentecostalism, Christian Studies]