Pushing Back: Some Questions for Discussion
An appreciative and critical response to C. Kavin Rowe’s World Upside Down: Reading Acts in the Graeco-Roman Age which identifies two significant questions. First, does Rowe over-simplify matters by presenting the church in Acts as a threat to ‘pagan culture’? Secondly, is the issue for Luke whether...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2011
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Journal for the study of the New Testament
Year: 2011, Volume: 33, Issue: 3, Pages: 321-326 |
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Roman Empire
B Politics B Rowe B Culture B Acts |
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| Summary: | An appreciative and critical response to C. Kavin Rowe’s World Upside Down: Reading Acts in the Graeco-Roman Age which identifies two significant questions. First, does Rowe over-simplify matters by presenting the church in Acts as a threat to ‘pagan culture’? Secondly, is the issue for Luke whether the Christian movement is politically ‘seditious’ or, more broadly, whether it fosters criminal activity? On both counts, does Rowe exaggerate the ‘tension’ he detects in Acts? |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5294 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the New Testament
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0142064X10396138 |