The Post-Resurrection Appearnces in the Light of Festival Pilgrimages
The purpose of this note is to suggest that a consideration too often forgotten in discussions of the post-resurrection appearances is that of the normal movements of pilgrims to and from the Jerusalem festivals. It is sometimes assumed that the tradition of the disciples' return to Galilee. re...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1957
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New Testament studies
Year: 1957, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 58-61 |
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| Summary: | The purpose of this note is to suggest that a consideration too often forgotten in discussions of the post-resurrection appearances is that of the normal movements of pilgrims to and from the Jerusalem festivals. It is sometimes assumed that the tradition of the disciples' return to Galilee. requires explanation, either in terms of their cowardice (a suggestion justly dismissed as a mere legend of the critics) or in the light of a dominical command. Or again, if the tradition of a journey to Galilee (however explained) is accepted as substantially right, then, by the same token, some special explanation is sought for the Lucan description of the corporate life of the Church as begining in Jerusalem. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-8145 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: New Testament studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0028688500011401 |