Joel’s/Elijah’s Army or the Joshua Generation: The Military Rhetoric of Third Wave Neo-Pentecostalism

The reception of biblical texts of violence such as the Joshua narratives within neo-Pentecostal circles has been largely ignored. This paper suggests that the prevailing historic premillennialism within such circles results in a form of “this-is-that” hermeneutics in which biblical prophecy is seen...

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Main Author: Pietersen, Lloyd (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: University of Otago, Department of Theology and Religion [2013]
In: Relegere
Year: 2013, Volume: 3, Issue: 1, Pages: 99-120
Further subjects:B Reception History
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