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CHAPTER ONE: THE HOLY SPIRIT IN LUKE-ACTS: A CHALLENGE IN METHODOLOGY -- 1. The literary and theological homogeneity of Luke-Acts -- 2. The theological character of Lukan historiography -- 3. The theological independence of Luke -- CHAPTER TWO: PROLEGOMENON: THE CHARISMATIC SPIRIT OF GOD -- Part One: The Charismatic Spirit in Old Testament times -- 1. The distribution of Charismatic Activity -- 2. Septuagintal terminology -- 3. Charismatic motifs -- 4. The spirit in Messianic age -- Part two: The charismatic Spirit in the Messianic Age -- Part two: The charismatic Spirit in the Intertestamental Period -- 1. The Cessation of prophetic inspiration -- 2. The restoration of prophetic inspiration -- CHAPTER THREE: THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE GOSPEL OF LUKE: THE CHARISMATIC CHRIST -- 1. The infancy narrative -- 2. The inauguration narrative -- 3. Individual texts -- CHAPTER FOUR: THE HOLY SPIRIT AT PENTECOST: THE CHARISMATIC COMMUNITY -- 1. The promise of Pentecost -- 2. The miracle of Pentecost -- 3. Peter's Pentecost Interpretation -- 4. Peter's Pentecost Application -- 5. Pentecost and the Mosaic tradition -- 6. The religious experience of Pentecost -- CHAPTER FIVE: THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES: THE CHARISMATIC COMMUNITY IN MISSION -- 1. The gift of the Spirit at Samaria -- 2. The gift of the Spirit to Saul -- 3. The gift of the Spirit to the Disciples at Ephesus -- 5. The means of conferring the Holy Spirit -- 6. Miscellaneous texts -- CHAPTER SIX: THE CHARISMATIC THEOLOGY OF ST. LUKE: SYNTHESIS AND CHALLENGE -- Part One: A synthesis of Luke's Charismatic Theology to the Charismatic theology of the Old testament -- 2. The Charismatic Theology of the Old Testament -- 3. The Charismatic dimension of the gift of the Holy Spirit in Luke-Acts -- 4. The Charismatic Gift of the Spirit as experiential -- Part Two: The Challenge of Luke's Charismatic Theology -- END NOTES