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Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Andrews University Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary LITURGICAL ORDER AND GLOSSOLALIA: 1 CORINTHIANS 14:26c-33a AND ITS IMPLICATIONS A Dissertation Presented in Partial Fulfillm ent of the Requirements for the Degree Docto- of Philosophy by William Edwin Richardson June 1933 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. LITURGICAL ORDER AND GLOSSOLALIA: I CORINTHIANS 14:26c-33a AND ITS IMPLICATIONS A dissertation presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy by William E. Richardson APPROVAL BY THE COMMITTEE / ■ Ivan T. Blazen, iard F. Hasel, Dean Professor of New Testament Theological Seminary and Biblical Theology F ritz Gu of Theol William H. Shea, Professor of Old Testament Protessor of Intertcstamental and Early Chostiian Literatures Robert Jewejrt, Professor Date Approved/ of New Tretament Interpretation Garrett-Evange1i ca1 Thoulogical Seminary Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. TABLE OF CONTENTS GLOSSARY OF TERM S........................................................................................ vi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS............................................................................................ vi l INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 1 Chaptar I. PREVIOUS INVESTIGATIONS .............................................................. 9 Books on the T o p ic ....................................................................... 9 Exegetical Expositions .............................................................. 25 II. THE CONTEXT........................................................................................ 41 The Cultural Context .................................................................. 41 The Gnostic Hypothesis ......................................................... 44 The Hellenistic Influence ................................................ 48 The Influence of the Local C u ltu s .............................. 52 The Biblical Context .................................................................. 56 Spiritual Gifts or Spiritual People? .......................... 59 iveuuctTLxct or xaP^uciTa? ............................................... 64 The Body Figure and Diversity of G ifts ...................... 67 Conclusion........................................................................................ 71 I I I . PAUL'S DIRECTIVES: 1 CORINTHIAN^ T4:I5c-33a .................. 73 Tavxa xpis odxooouflv Yuv^adu (14:26c) "Let all things be done for edification" .................. 77 giI tg yXwaaij tls AciAgC (27a) " I f anyone should speak in a tongue" .......................... 86 Intelligible or Unintelligible Speech ...................... 87 The Nature of Glossolalic Ecstasy ............................... 110 xax& 5do n to tAgCgtcv tdgCs, xau ava u^jos (27b,c) "Let i t be in this manner: two, or at most, three, and one at a tim e " ................................................ 119 Paul's Positive View of the G ift ................................... 120 The Need for C o n tro l .............................................................. 128 The Nature of the Control ................................................ 132 xaL gI s 5uGpunvGu^Tu (vs. 27d) "And let one in terp ret" ..................................................... 138 Translation or Interpretation ....................................... 139 Verbalizing the Non-verbal ................................................ 142 i i i Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. 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(Continued) tav oe uh SLEpynvEuxrfs, acyaxw tv sxxAnocct, sauxui oe ActAEdxn) xal xqp ^eiJ (vs. 28) "And if there should be no interpreter, let him keep silence in church, and le t him speak to himself and to G od" .......................................................... 151 Implications of the "Body" Figure for the exHXncda ................................................................... 153 Mystical Aspects of Christian Expression .................. 154 xoomfitctu o£ 5do n xpeCs AaAEdxtucav (29a) "Let two or three prophets s p e a k " ............................... 169 The Old Testament Concept of P ro p h e c y ...................... 170 The New Testament and Early Christian Concept of P ro p h e c y .......................................................... 174 The Spontaneity of Prophecy ............................................. 177 The Predictive Element of Prophecy ............................... 178 The Source and Control of Prophecy ............................... 180 xaL oi aAAot. ouaxpuvdtejcav (vs. 23o) "And let the others evaluate" ........................................ 184 Evaluation of the Message and the M a n ...................... 185 Identity of the "Others" ..................................................... 188 eav o£ aAAu axoxaAuqjafJ xaSnudv^j, 6 xpaixos ouyaxw (vs. 30) "And i f (something) should be revealed to another sittin g by, le t the first keep silent" ................................................................... 190 The Nature of Prophetic Inspiration ........................... 194 odvaode yip xad * £va xcjvxes xpo®nxE’JEL\> (vs. 31a) "For you can a ll prophesy one at a t im e " .................. 196 *va xavxES yavddvajCTLV xctL xavxES xctpaxaAcSvxai. (31b) "That a ll might learn and a ll might be admonished" .............................................................. 197 xoL xvEdyaxa xpoipnxuv xpo<odx3i.s uitoxaooExau