[Rezension von: Cowan, J. Andrew, The writings of Luke and the Jewish roots of the Christian way : an examination of the aims of the first Christian historian in the light of ancient politics, ethnography, and historiography]
According to what has developed into a majority position over the past 40 years, the author of Luke-Acts presents the early Christian movement as rooted in ancient Judaism to convince readers of its age-old and therefore respected heritage. He thereby attempts to convince the authorities that Christ...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2020
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 71, Issue: 2, Pages: 852-854 |
| Review of: | The writings of Luke and the Jewish roots of the Christian way (London : T&T Clark, 2019) (Zwiep, Arie W.)
The writings of Luke and the Jewish roots of the Christian way (New York : Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2019) (Zwiep, Arie W.) The writings of Luke and the Jewish roots of the Christian way (London : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2019) (Zwiep, Arie W.) |
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| Summary: | According to what has developed into a majority position over the past 40 years, the author of Luke-Acts presents the early Christian movement as rooted in ancient Judaism to convince readers of its age-old and therefore respected heritage. He thereby attempts to convince the authorities that Christians deserve the same rights, privileges, and protections as the Jews and/or to gain cultural respect. The underlying question of this doctoral dissertation, supervised by N. T. Wright (St Andrews), is how this so-called argument of antiquity (‘the old is good’) works, if at all, in the case of Luke-Acts. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flaa113 |