The Spirit in the Book of Revelation

by Robby Waddell

The investigation centres on the role of the Spirit in Revelation, which the author considers is best defined as the Spirit of Prophecy. A survey of scholarship on the pneumatology of the Apocalypse is followed by a study of intertextual connections. The author’s own religious context within Pentecostalism then informs a possible hermeneutic that is faithful to the ethos of the movement. Biblical and literary studies are situated within the context of a Pentecostal community as attention is paid to the prophecy concerning the temple and the witnesses in Rev 11. This key passage is shown to form the theological as well as the literary centre of the Spirit’s role in Revelation.

238 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2005

Reviews

[Fred Middel]

There may be more of value in establishing the legitimacy of pentecostal interpretation in a postmodern world than there actually is about the book of Revelation.

But for what that's worth, Waddell delivers.