Review: A Boundless God: The Spirit according to the Old Testament

A Boundless God: The Spirit according to the Old Testament A Boundless God: The Spirit according to the Old Testament by Jack Levison
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Jack Levison brings in great points relating to the Spirit's movement in the Old Testament. Levison takes the opportunity to tell fellow believers in Christ, as well as Jewish believers, that it is crucial to know the Spirit to be able to fully comprehend the Hebrew Bible. He points out how the Spirit of God was constantly more than just the wind or breath; it was a personal person of the Godhead that interacts with the creation of God.

He does take some leaps in his study where he claims that the Angel of the Lord mentioned in the Hebrew bible is possibly closer to the person of the Spirit than the personhood of the Son, which theological claims have been made before. He also mentions that with Samson, he had the Spirit stirring within him in a "Graveyard" at Mahaneh Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol, which is mentioned in Judges 13. I haven't heard that before or, when researched, found anything that supports that (as always I could be wrong), but besides those nitpicks, this is a great study book for those who haven't fully embraced the movement in the Spirit in the OT as they have seen it in the NT.

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