What Does the Spirit Have to Do with Foreigners?: Reading Acts 10:28–48 with Diodorus of Sicily and Tacitus
This article examines how Greco-Roman ethnoracial views inform our understanding of Peter and Cornelius’s encounter in Acts 10:28–48. By drawing from the Gentile perception of Jewish misanthropy mentioned by Diodorus of Sicily and Tacitus, we find that Peter was harboring a resistance to preach the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2017
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Pneuma
Year: 2017, Volume: 39, Issue: 3, Pages: 275-294 |
| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AX Inter-religious relations BE Greco-Roman religions HC New Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity NBG Pneumatology; Holy Spirit TB Antiquity |
| Further subjects: | B
Race
ethnicity
Peter
Cornelius
visions
Spirit baptism
misanthropy
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Volltext (Publisher) |
| Summary: | This article examines how Greco-Roman ethnoracial views inform our understanding of Peter and Cornelius’s encounter in Acts 10:28–48. By drawing from the Gentile perception of Jewish misanthropy mentioned by Diodorus of Sicily and Tacitus, we find that Peter was harboring a resistance to preach the gospel to the Caesareans. By rereading the narrative from this perspective, visions and Spirit baptism within Acts 10 become divine events that challenge the reluctance to preach the gospel and associate with foreigners. |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource |
| ISSN: | 1570-0747 |
| Contains: | In: Pneuma
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700747-03903016 |