Middlesex University Research Repository An open access repository of Middlesex University research http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk McCollough, David John (2014) Ritual water, ritual spirit: an analysis of the timing, mechanism, and manifestation of spirit-reception in Luke-Acts. PhD thesis, Middlesex University / London School of Theology. [Thesis] Final accepted version (with author’s formatting) This version is available at: https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/14649/ Copyright: Middlesex University Research Repository makes the University’s research available electronically. Copyright and moral rights to this work are retained by the author and/or other copyright owners unless otherwise stated. The work is supplied on the understanding that any use for commercial gain is strictly forbidden. A copy may be downloaded for personal, non-commercial, research or study without prior permission and without charge. 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See also repository copyright: re-use policy: http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/policies.html#copy RITUAL WATER, RITUAL SPIRIT: An Analysis of the Timing, Mechanism, and Manifestation of Spirit-Reception in Luke-Acts A Thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by David J. McCollough Middlesex University Supervised at London School of Theology February 2014 Abstract David J. McCollough Ritual Water, Ritual Spirit: An Analysis of the Timing, Mechanism, and Manifestation Of Spirit-Reception in Luke-Acts Doctor of Philosophy Middlesex University/London School of Theology 2014 The dissertation analyses Spirit-reception in Luke-Acts with respect to timing, mechanism, and manifestation. Its narrow focus excludes questions regarding Spirit- reception’s theological significance. It employs three primary tools: narrative progression/sequential reading, presupposition pools/entity representations (ERs), and focalization. By beginning with Jesus’ baptism where Spirit experience is joined to the prayer aspect of the baptismal ceremony and observing Jesus’ Luke 11:13 teaching on prayer, one arrives at Acts 2:38-39 with an ER in which Spirit experience is not separated from baptism, but linked with the prayer element of the unitary baptismal ceremony. Acts 2 focalizes dissociative xenolalia and creates a programmatic expectation that all initiates will experience it. Acts 2 does not depict new converts receiving the Spirit and thereby leaves a narrative gap which the reader must fill with information from Jesus’ baptism. Acts 8 adds to this information by providing Luke’s first depiction of new converts receiving the Spirit and showing the facilitation mechanisms used, prayer and handlaying by gifted individuals. Luke stated neither that this procedure was exceptional nor that it was standard. He simply presented a solution to the problem of the Spirit failing to come. Saul’s conversion clarifies that non-apostles can be gifted to facilitate the Spirit. Cornelius’ house adds the concept of the Spirit being given during a gifted individual’s preaching ministry and shows early church leaders using Pentecost as a standard of comparison. The cumulative nature of presupposition pools/ERs means that the last Spirit-reception scene (Acts 19) must be viewed in the light of all the accumulated Spirit-reception scenes, the total ER. i Abbreviations1 ABib Academia Biblica AF The Apostolic Fathers: A New Translation and Commentary AJPS Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies AJT The American Journal of Theology AncB The Anchor Bible ANCL Ante-Nicene Christian Library AThANT Abhandlungen zur Theologie des Alten und Neuen Testaments AThR Anglican Theological Review AThR.SS Anglican Theological Review Supplement Series BDAG A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3rd Edition BECNT Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament BHTh Beiträge zur Historischen Theologie Bib. Biblica BibIS Biblical Interpretation Series BS Bibliotheca Sacra BTB Biblical Theology Bulletin BTCL Biblical and Theological Classics Library BWANT Beiträge zur Wisssenschaft vom Alten und Neuen Testament BZ Biblische Zeitschrift BZNW Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der Älteren Kirche CBET Contributions to Biblical Exegesis and Theology CBibW Conversations with the Biblical World 1 Abbreviations follow Siegfried M. Schwertner, Internationales Abkürzungsverzeichnis für Theologie und Grenzgebiete, 2. Auflage (Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1992). ii CBQ Catholic Biblical Quarterly CI Critical Inquiry CistSS Cistercian Studies Series CNTDS Commentaire du Nouveau Testament Deuxième Série ConJ Concordia Journal CrThR Criswell Theological Review CWE Collected Works of Erasmus DBSJ Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal DGL De Gruyter Lehrbuch EBC The Expositor’s Bible Commentary EHS.T Europäische Hochschulschriften, Reihe XXIII Theologie EKK Evangelisch-Katholischer Kommentar zum Neuen Testament ET Expository Times ETBKNT Evangelisch-Theologische Bibliothek Kommentar zum Neuen Testament EvQ Evangelical Quarterly EzNT Erläuterungen zum Neuen Testament FCBS Fortress Classics in Biblical Studies FRLANT Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments Glotta Glotta: Zeitschrift für griechische und lateinische Sprache GOTR Greek Orthodox Theological Review GTL Göttinger Theologische Lehrbücher Hermeneia Hermeneia: A Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible HNT Handbuch zum Neuen Testament HP Héritage et Projet HThR Harvard Theological Review iii HThK Herders Theologischer Kommentar zum Neuen Testament HThS Harvard Theological Studies IKaZ Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Interp. Interpretation ISBL Indiana Studies in Biblical Literature JAAC Journal of Aesthetics & Art Criticism JAAR Journal of the American Academy of Religion JAC JAC: A Journal of Rhetoric, Culture, & Politics [formerly Journal of Advanced Composition] JBL Journal of Biblical Literature JECS Journal of Early Christian Studies JEH Journal of Ecclesiastical History JEPTA The Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association JETS Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society JMT The Journal of Ministry and Theology JPT Journal of Pentecostal Theology JPT.S Journal of Pentecostal Theology Supplement Series JSNT Journal for the Study of the New Testament JSNT.S Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series JSOT Journal for the Study of the Old Testament KTI Kommunikative Theologie – interdisziplinär LeDiv Lectio Divina LNTS Library of New Testament Studies LoF A Library of Fathers of the Holy Catholic Church MarT Marketing Theory MFSt Modern Fiction Studies NACS New American Commentary Studies in Bible and Theology iv Nar. Narratologia NDIEC New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity NIC The New International Commentary on the New Testament NIGTC New International Greek Testament Commentary NSBT New Studies in Biblical Theology NT Novum Testamentum NTA Neutestamentliche Abhandlungen NTesC The New Testament in Context NTOA Novum Testamentum et Orbis Antiquus NTS New Testament Studies NTSR New Testament for Spiritual Reading OiC One in Christ OT Oral Tradition PaThSt Paderborner Theologische Studien PBM Paternoster Biblical Monographs PCNT Paideia Commentaries on the New Testament PeSt PentecoStudies PFKP Problemata: Forschungen zur Klassischen Philologie PiNTC The Pillar New Testament Commentary Pn. Pneuma PoeT Poetics Today PRN Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging PTX Prooftexts RestQ Restoration Quarterly RBB Religion, Brain and Behavior RNT Das Regensburger Neue Testament StBL Studies in Biblical Literature v SBL.DS Society of Biblical Literature Dissertation Series SBL.MS Society of Biblical Literature Monograph Series SBS Stuttgarter Bibelstudien Se. Semeia SEP Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy SHS Scripture and Hermeneutics Series SJTh Scottish Journal of Theology SLJT Saint Luke’s Journal of Theology SN Studia Neotestamentica SNTS.MS Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series SOTBT Studies in Old Testament Biblical Theology StLi Studia Liturgica Sty. Style StUNT Studien zur Umwelt des Neuen Testaments TANZ Texte und Arbeiten zum neutestamentlichen Zeitalter ThHK Theologischer Handkommentar zum Neuen Testament ThLZ Theologische Literaturzeitung THNTC The Two Horizons New Testament Commentary ThPh Theologie und Philosophie ThSLG Theologische Studien der Österreichischen Leo-Gesellschaft ThStKr Theologische Studien und Kritiken ThWNT Theologisches Wörterbuch zum Neuen Testament TJ Trinity Journal TNTC Tyndale New Testament Commentaries TPNTC The Pillar New Testament Commentary TRE Theologische Realenzykopädie TynB Tyndale