What Does the Spirit Have to Do with Foreigners?

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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Main Author: Estrada III, Rodolfo Galvan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2017
In: Pneuma
Year: 2017, Volume: 39, Issue: 3, Pages: 275-294
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
NBG Pneumatology; Holy Spirit
Further subjects:B Race ethnicity Peter Cornelius visions Spirit baptism misanthropy
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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.
ISSN:1570-0747
Contains:In: Pneuma
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15700747-03903016