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Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies 20.2 2017 www.apts..edu/ajps 2600, Philippines Baguio City Box 377 O. P. Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies 20.2 2017 Studies Pentecostal of Journal Asian Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies Issues in New Testament Studies Part 3 Volume 20, Number 2 (August 2017) AJPS 20.1 COVER.indd 1 07/08/2017 9:10:22 AM Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies ISSN 0118-8534 (Continued from front inside cover) Vol. 20, No. 2 (August 2017) Editor MANUSCRIPTS AND BOOK REVIEWS submitted for consideration should be sent to David M. Johnson Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies, P.O. Box 377, Baguio City 2600, Philippines (fax: 63-74 442-6378; E-mail: [email protected]). Manuscripts and book reviews should be typed Editorial Board: Simon Chan (Trinity Theological College, Singapore), Paul Elbert double-spaced. Manuscripts should conform in style to the 7th Edition of Kate L. Turabian, (Pentecostal Theological Seminary, USA), Gordon D. Fee (Regent College, A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. An additional style guide Canada), Peter Kuzmic (Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, USA), Wonsuk will be sent upon request. The Journal encourages contributors to submit an electronic Ma (Oxford Centre for Mission Studies, UK), Russell P. Spittler (Fuller Theological copy prepared through a popular world processor mailed in a Windows-compatible disk Seminary, USA), Vinson Synan (Regent University, USA) or sent as an email attachment. Book Review Editor: Teresa Chai BOOK FOR REVIEW: Send to the Journal Office. Editorial Committee: Lindsay Crabtree, Debbie Johnson, Frank McNelis, Jon Smith, and CORRESPONDENCE: Subscription correspondence and notification of change of Kim Snider address should be sent to the subscription office or email to: [email protected]. Layout Editor: Mil Santos THIS PERIODICAL IS INDEXED in Religion index One: Periodicals, the index to books Review in religion, Religion Indexes: Ten Subset on CD-ROM, and the ATLA Religion ASIAN JOURNAL OF PENTECOSTAL STUDIES is published twice per year (February Database on CD-ROM, published by the American Theological Library Association, 250 and August) by the Faculty of Asia Pacific Theological Seminary, P.O. Box 377, Baguio S. Wacker Dr., 16th Floor., Chicago, IL 60606 USA, email: [email protected], City 2600, Philippines. Part or whole of the current and previous issues may be available http://www.atla.com/. through the internet (http://www.apts.edu/ajps). Views expressed in the Journal reflect those of the authors and reviewers, and not the views of the editors, the publisher, or the participating institutions. © Asia Pacific Theological Seminary, 2017 Copyright is waived where reproduction of material from this Journal is required for classroom use or course work by students. PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS: Educational or research institutions that are interested in participating in the Journal ministry are encouraged to write to the Journal office. The following are participating institutions of the Journal: Central Bible College, Tokyo, Japan (Dr. Koichi Kitano) Asia LIFE University, Daejon, Korea (Dr. Yeol-Soo Eim) International Theological Institute, Seoul, Korea (Dr. Sam-Hwan Kim) THE JOURNAL SEEKS TO PROVIDE A FORUM: To encourage serious theological Printed in the Philippines thinking and articulation by Pentecostals/Charismatics in Asia; to promote interaction Cover calligraphy @ Shigeo Nakahara, 1997 among Asian Pentecostals/Charismatics and dialogue with other Christian traditions; to stimulate creative contextualization of the Christian faith; and to provide a means for Pentecostals/Charismatics to share their theological reflections. (Continue on back inside cover) Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies Volume 20, Number 2 (August 2017) EDITORIAL Dave Johnson 107-109 Issues in New Testament Studies Part 3 ARTICLES Lora Angeline Embudo 111-130 Women Vis-À-Vis Prophecy in Luke-Acts: Part 1 Lora Angeline Embudo 131-146 Women Vis-À-Vis Prophecy in Luke-Acts: Part 2 Waldemar Kowalski 147-170 The Role of Women in Ministry: Is There a Disconnect between Pauline Practice and Pauline Instruction? Waldemar Kowalski 171-181 Does Paul Really Want All Women to be Silent? 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 Hirokatsu Yoshihara 183-197 A Study of 1 Peter 3:18b-20a and 4:6: A Response to the Notion of Christ’s Postmortem Evangelism to the Un-evangelized, a View Recently Advocated in Japan: Part 1 Hirokatsu Yoshihara 199-217 A Study of 1 Peter 3:18b-20a and 4:6: A Response to the Notion of Christ’s Postmortem Evangelism to the Un-evangelized, a View Recently Advocated in Japan: Part 2 BOOK REVIEWS J.D. Plüss 218-219 Pascal D. Bazzell, Urban Ecclesiology: Gospel of Mark, Familia Dei and a Filipino Community Facing Homelessness, Ecclesiological Investigations vol. 19 V. J. D-Davidson 220-222 Joshua A. Kaiser, Becoming Simple and Wise: Moral Discernment in Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Vision of Christian Ethics Dave Johnson 223-226 Bazzell, Pascal D. and Aldrin Peñamora, eds. Christologies, Cultures and Religions: Portraits of Christ in the Philippines. CONTRIBUTORS 227 [AJPS 20.2 (2017), pp. 107-109] Issues in New Testament Studies Part III With the publication of this edition, the Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies completes its 20th year of publication. While we did not plan anything special for this anniversary, I think it is fitting, given the Pentecostal emphasis on the NT charismata, an increased focus on the ministry of women and a passion for missions that came with the Pentecostal movement, that we should focus on these NT themes in the six articles presented here. All papers were originally presented at the 25th Annual William W. Menzies Lectureship Series held on the APTS Baguio campus on January 30-February 3, 2017. Lora Embudo leads off this edition with a two-part article denoting the current debate, which she describes as a storm, on the place of women in the prophetic ministry. One side claims that Luke validated the prophethood of women, the other says that he purposely discouraged women from it. A smaller minority, according to Embudo, hold that Luke was ambiguous about the subject. This debate is delineated in Part I. In Part II, Embudo attempts to identify Luke’s stance on the issue through biblical exegesis of specific related texts in the Lukan corpus. Following Embudo, veteran NT scholar Waldemar Kowalski deals with the alleged disconnect between what Paul says about women’s role in ministry and what he actually allows them to do. Kowalski contends that Paul’s teaching should be understood as being consistent with what he actually did and what he actually did actually reveals more of his position on the matter than what is commonly understood of his instructions. He then deals with the women actually mentioned in his writings, starting with the women mentioned in Romans 16: Phoebe, Priscilla (with Aquila), Mary (v6), Junia, and, to a lesser extent, the other women who appear elsewhere in his writings. He then presents a second article, Does Paul Really Want All Women to be Silent? I Corinthians 14:34-5. In noting the clear evidence that Paul allowed women to pray and prophesy in public (1 Cor 11:3-16), is he contradicting himself? Is he saying that the rule of silence applies to only 108 Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies 20.2 (2017) certain functions in the worship service? Noting that scholars continued to be perplexed by the issue, he proceeds into weighing the issue from all sides. Kowalski represents fairly the views of major scholars on the issue and his disagreements are honest. In dealing with the issue, he issues a clarion call to observe the first rule of exegesis of interpreting Scripture in the contexts of its original readers. This, he says, many scholars fail to do. Another problem, according to Kowalski, is that some translations either split I Corinthians 14:33 into two verses, while others leave it whole, thus complicating the exegetical picture. Like a surgeon with a scalpel, he then proceeds to cut through the quagmire and present some well thought through conclusions. In both articles, he makes some excellent application to his and his wife, Dr. Rosemarie Kowalski’s, current international church planting effort in Bandung, Indonesia, reflecting on how they understand and apply these issues within their own ministry and how their position on these issues connects with the international community that they serve. Finally, Hirokatsu Yoshihara dives into the thorny issue of the alleged post mortem evangelistic passage of I Peter 3:18-20 and 4:6—a passage from which is drawn the teaching of the Apostles’ Creed that Jesus, “descended into Hell.” This is not simply an academic issue for Yoshihara. As he explains, his native Japan, like most Majority World cultures, has a long history of ancestor veneration and love for the dearly departed, which he contends has been one of the major obstacles to the gospel in his homeland. To complicate the matter further, some Protestant ministers are now teaching that Jesus gives people a second chance to hear the gospel after they died by advocating that the gospel is still available to those in the intermediate state. The implications for this teaching are enormous. If this is so, then the entire teaching on the lostness of man without Christ might have to be reevaluated and the urgency of the biblical basis for missions and evangelism would be called into question. Understandably, Yoshihara raises question as to whether the said Petrine passages actually teach a “Second Chance Salvation,” and, if not, what a proper response might be to those who advocate this doctrine. To address the issue, he names those involved, both Japanese and westerners, and states their positions on the matter. He then proceeds to Issues in Pentecostal Studies Part 3 109 exegete the passages in question in response, sustaining the biblical claims of the need to accept the claims of Christ in this lifetime.
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