Spirit Hermeneutics

Michael F. Bird
— Ridley College, Melbourne
“Craig Keener has written a compelling guide to reading Scripture experientially, eschatologically, and missionally. Keener resources the Pentecostal tradition, including its global breadth, to guide readers on how to draw from the Spirit, how to develop disciplined reading habits, how to understand debates about interpretation, and how to dutifully get the most out of the text. This book is nothing less than hermeneutics with holy fire!”

Jeannine Brown
— Bethel Seminary San Diego
“Some may wonder if a new, fresh look at biblical hermeneutics is truly possible. Keener demonstrates that it is. He brings his scholarly biblical expertise and mastery of secondary literature together with his deep conviction that the experience of the Spirit should shape a Christian (not only a Pentecostal) reading of Scripture. . . . A wide range of readers will discover in Spirit Hermeneutics much to engage with and ponder.”

Allan H. Anderson
— University of Birmingham
“In this benchmark study Keener combines the very best in biblical scholarship with his charismatic experience and exposure to the Majority World view of the spiritual and supernatural. This will certainly be the best book relating to Pentecostal and charismatic hermeneutics for a long time to come.”

Anthony C. Thiselton
— University of Nottingham
“I warmly commend this informative and commonsense approach to a crucially important subject.”

Wonsuk Ma
— Oxford Centre for Mission Studies
“This delightful book takes a bold step toward fulfilling the Spirit’s design for ‘Pentecostal’ experience to be fully integrated and manifest in the whole church.”

— Expository Times
"Spirit Hermeneutics is valuable both as a work of careful scholarship and as encouragement for devotional practices. . . . A necessary read for biblical scholars and lay Christian alike."