Jack Levison: The Spirit According to the Old Testament

A Boundless God: The Spirit According to the Old Testament
(Baker Academic, 2020)

WHO: Jack Levison, W.J.A. Power Professor of Old Testament Interpretation and Biblical Hebrew at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University.

HE SAYS: “Lavish and lush. Excess, Even glut. Pure glut. This is the world of the Spirit.”

THE BIG IDEA: An exploration of how the Spirit is expressed in the Old Testament.

THE PROGRESSION:
This book studies the Spirit in the by examining the verbs used to describe it. Each chapter in this scholarly, detailed title looks at a verb. Thorough documentation makes it an insightful read.

“Our knowledge of the Spirit can flourish by rekindling the understanding that Israel, in various guises and places and eras, embraced.”

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Jack Levison
Jack Levisonhttp://johnrlevison.com/

Jack Levison is the W.J.A. Power Professor of Old Testament Interpretation and Biblical Hebrew at Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University.

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