A Review of Graham Twelftree, In the Name of Jesus:

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" A Review of Graham Twelftree, In the Name of Jesus: "
Blaine Charette

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1079486
Doc. No	:	LA123115
Call No	:	‭10.1163/174552508X377439‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Blaine Charette
Title & Author	:	A Review of Graham Twelftree, In the Name of Jesus: [Article] : Exorcism Among Early Christians\ Blaine Charette
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Pentecostal Theology
Date	:	2008
Volume/ Issue Number	:	17/2
Page No	:	133–136
Abstract	:	In this study of the divergence of perspective in the New Testament on the subject of exorcism, Twelftree provides the reader with a reliable introduction and guide. The consistent historical approach to the topic significantly limits the review of the biblical evidence (there is little attention to the literary/theological concerns of the NT authors) but means that a strong feature of the book is its review and critique of academic literature written in a similar vein. For the most part the interpretive conclusions are sound (albeit with some examples of special pleading). Specific areas of criticism are as follows: 1) a certain confusion attaches to the classifications Twelftree uses to describe the exorcisms of Jesus and his followers; 2) the discussion on possible reasons for the absence of exorcisms stories from the Fourth Gospel is unconvincing and unduly negative towards the exorcism stories of the synoptic tradition; and 3) the study would have gained much by considering exorcisms within a larger biblical theological context and through greater attention to literary and canonical approaches. In this study of the divergence of perspective in the New Testament on the subject of exorcism, Twelftree provides the reader with a reliable introduction and guide. The consistent historical approach to the topic significantly limits the review of the biblical evidence (there is little attention to the literary/theological concerns of the NT authors) but means that a strong feature of the book is its review and critique of academic literature written in a similar vein. For the most part the interpretive conclusions are sound (albeit with some examples of special pleading). Specific areas of criticism are as follows: 1) a certain confusion attaches to the classifications Twelftree uses to describe the exorcisms of Jesus and his followers; 2) the discussion on possible reasons for the absence of exorcisms stories from the Fourth Gospel is unconvincing and unduly negative towards the exorcism stories of the synoptic tradition; and 3) the study would have gained much by considering exorcisms within a larger biblical theological context and through greater attention to literary and canonical approaches.
Descriptor	:	EXORCISM
Descriptor	:	FOURTH GOSPEL
Descriptor	:	MINISTRY OF JESUS
Descriptor	:	SYNOPTIC TRADITION
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/174552508X377439‬