The medium is the message. Luke and the language of the New Testament against a Graeco-Roman background

This article investigates the meaning of the two Greek words ... used to descriptionbe the apostles in Acts 4:13 and which relate to the two themes of the social level and linguistic competence of the apostles. The use of these two words in the history of early Christianity is traced and related to...

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Main Author: De Villiers, Pieter G. R. 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: NTWSA 1990
In: Neotestamentica
Year: 1990, Volume: 24, Issue: 2, Pages: 247-256
Further subjects:B Language became a social indicator
B Laudatory panegyric
B History
B Roman education
B Historiography persuade
B Cuitivated expression
B Barbarisms
B Rhetorical skills
B Gentile critics of Christianity
B Hellenisms
B Erudite (doctus) people
B Graeco-Roman 'romantic enthusiasm'
B Paul's education
B King Agrippa
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Summary:This article investigates the meaning of the two Greek words ... used to descriptionbe the apostles in Acts 4:13 and which relate to the two themes of the social level and linguistic competence of the apostles. The use of these two words in the history of early Christianity is traced and related to apologetic concerns and the social context of luke's writings.
ISSN:2518-4628
Contains:Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.10520/AJA2548356_947