Community and gospel in Luke-Acts: the social and political motivations of Lucan theology
In this widely-acclaimed study, Dr Esler makes extensive use of sociology and anthropology to examine the author of Luke Acts' theology as a response to social and political pressures upon the Christian community for whom he was writing. As well as interesting those concerned with prevalent de...
| Итог: | In this widely-acclaimed study, Dr Esler makes extensive use of sociology and anthropology to examine the author of Luke Acts' theology as a response to social and political pressures upon the Christian community for whom he was writing. As well as interesting those concerned with prevalent developments in New Testament scholarship, Esler's book offers a New Testament paradigm for those interested in generating a theology attuned to the social and political realities affecting the twentieth-century Christian congregations. The socio-redaction criticism of Luke-Acts -- The community -- Sectarian strategies -- Table-fellowship -- The law -- The temple -- The poor and the rich -- Rome and the ancestral theme -- Epilogue: community and Gospel |
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| Примечание: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| ISBN: | 0511554931 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511554933 |