The Spirit in Luke-Acts

Odette Mainvilles...book The Spirit in Luke-Acts is a most careful enlightening and fresh interpretation of the Holy Spirits Role in Luke and Acts from the surprising starting point of a single verse Acts 2:33...I wholeheartedly endorse this book.... -William S. Kurz S.J. Emeritus Professor of New Testament Marquette University ...As someone who has devoted a whole book to a theological exposition of Acts 2:33 I regard this as a most worthwhile endeavor. What emerges is a work that engages fully with the Spirits vitality in the life of Jesus and in the mission of the church.... -William P. Atkinson PhD Senior Lecturer London School of Theology ...I warmly recommend this insightful reading of Luke-Acts to you. It is filled with interesting exegesis and challenging observations....I trust that you will find this book as enjoyable enriching and edifying as I did. -Robert P. Menzies PhD Missionary-Scholar (China) from the foreword Mainvilles...work...integrates the central theme in Luke-Acts in a way that traditional systematic theology does not viz Jesuss experiences with the Spirit toward the end of creating a community of prophets... -Jon Mark Ruthven PhD Professor Emeritus Regent University School of Divinity ...Using a redactional and literary approach Mainville demonstrates that the role of the Holy Spirit is not to be relegated to a mere appendage of Pauline soteriology... -James B Shelton PhD Professor of New Testament Oral Roberts University Mainvilles work is helpful both for its engagement with traditional approaches and for its fresh contributions and insights....This is surely a welcome study. -Craig S. Keener PhD Professor of Biblical Studies Asbury Theological Seminary