Product Details

Line: IVP Academic
Length: 415 pages
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Format: paperback
Published: October 2011

ISBN-10: 0-8308-3957-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-3957-5
IVP Order Code: 3957

Subjects

Biblical Studies--Old Testament
Holy Spirit

Contributors
Abbreviations

Introduction
David G. Firth and Paul D. Wegner

Part 1: Orientation to the Spirit in the Old Testament and the Ancient Near East

1. Breath, wind, spirit, and the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament
Richard E. Averbeck

2. The Ancient Near Eastern background of the Spirit of the Lord in the Old Testament
John H. Walton

Part 2: The Spirit and Creation

3. The Spirit and creation
Robert L. Hubbard, Jr

Part 3: The Spirit and Wisdom

4. Spirit and wisdom
Tremper Longman III

5. Job 27:3: The Spirit of God in my nostrils
Rosalind Clarke

6. Spirit and the psalmist in Psalm 51
Daniel J. Estes

7. Spirit and presence in Psalm 139
Jamie A. Grant

8. Spirit of wisdom or Spirit of God in Proverbs 1:23?
Lindsay Wilson

Part 4: The Spirit and creativity

9. Bezalel and Oholiab: Spirit and creativity
Richard S. Hess

Part 5: The Spirit and prophecy

10. The view from the top: the Holy Spirit in the prophets
Daniel I. Block

11. Is Balaam’s donkey the real prophet? (Numbers 24:1-4)?
John N. Oswalt

12. The Spirit of Yahweh in Isaiah 11:1-9
Hilary Marlow

13. Isaiah 48:16: A trinitarian enigma?
Paul D. Wegner

14. Joel’s Promise of the Spirit
Erika Moore

Part 6: The Spirit and leadership
15. The Spirit and leadership: testimony, empowerment and purpose
David G. Firth

16. The Samson saga and spiritual leadership
Eugene H. Merrill

17. Is Saul also among the prophets? Saul’s prophecy in 1 Samuel 19:23
David G. Firth

18. The 'Spirit of the LORD' in 2 Kings 2:16
Robert B. Chisholm, Jr

Part 7: The Spirit and the Future

19. The Spirit and the future: a canonical approach
Willem VanGemeren and Andrew Abernethy

20. The Spirit and the future in the Old Testament: restoration and renewal
Robin Routledge

Part 8: The Spirit at Qumran

21. The Holy Spirit at Qumran
Geert W. Lorein

Author index
Scripture index
Ancient sources index