Worshipping God in the Eschatological Age: The Contest over Jewish Sacred Space and Time in the Book of Acts
This article aims to show that worship in the Book of Acts takes place within a Jewish matrix of sacred space and time. Within this framework, sacred spaces become sites of contest between the )esus movement and the Jewish establishment, in a re-enactment of the conflict between the prophets and the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam University Press
[2018]
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European journal of theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 27, Issue: 1, Pages: 18-30 |
| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion HC New Testament HD Early Judaism |
| Further subjects: | B
Prayers
B Bible B Christianity B Jesus Christ B Protestant Churches |
| Summary: | This article aims to show that worship in the Book of Acts takes place within a Jewish matrix of sacred space and time. Within this framework, sacred spaces become sites of contest between the )esus movement and the Jewish establishment, in a re-enactment of the conflict between the prophets and the people of Israel recorded in Israel's Scriptures. The Nazarean baeresis appears in the book of Acts as a prophetic movement that calls the people of Israel and the nations to join in the eschatological worship of Cod. The conflict concerning the temple does not point forward to its abandonment in favour of a superior form of house church worship, but rather to its destruction, regarded by Luke as a lamentable act of divine judgement. Beyond its destruction, Luke expects the restoration of all things as the final fulfilment of Israel's Scriptures. |
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| ISSN: | 2666-9730 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal of theology
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