'And so we Came to Rome ': The Political Perspective of St Luke - Couverture rigide

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Walaskay, Paul W.

 
9780521251167: 'And so we Came to Rome ': The Political Perspective of St Luke
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ISBN 10 : 0521251168 ISBN 13 : 9780521251167
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1983

Synopsis

It has often been suggested that Luke's two volumes were written as an apology for Christianity, to demonstrate to the Roman authorities that the new faith was not a dangerous and subversive innovation, a threat to the Pax Romana and to Roman rule. This book reviews the development of the 'traditional perspective', then raises some questions, e.g. if Luke was writing an apologia pro ecclesia, why does he include so much material politically damaging to the Christian cause? Is it possible that the approach has been made from the wrong angle, that Luke was writing an apologia not pro ecclesia but pro imperio, to assure his fellow Christians that Church and Empire need not fear or suspect each other? This conclusion is then supported by an investigation of the text of Luke-Acts, particularly the trials of Jesus and Paul. This challenging volume will be of interest to students and scholars of the New Testament and to ecclesiastical and Roman historians.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

It has often been suggested that Luke's two volumes were written as an apology for Christianity, to demonstrate to the Roman authorities that the new faith was not a dangerous and subversive innovation, a threat to the Pax Romana and to Roman rule. This book reviews the development of the 'traditional perspective', then raises some questions, e.g. if Luke was writing an apologia pro ecclesia, why does he include so much material politically damaging to the Christian cause? Is it possible that the approach has been made from the wrong angle, that Luke was writing an apologia not pro ecclesia but pro imperio, to assure his fellow Christians that Church and Empire need not fear or suspect each other? This conclusion is then supported by an investigation of the text of Luke-Acts, particularly the trials of Jesus and Paul. This challenging volume will be of interest to students and scholars of the New Testament and to ecclesiastical and Roman historians.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
1983
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521251168
ISBN 13 
9780521251167
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Nombre de pages
133
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9780521020565: And so we Came to Rome: The Political Perspective of St Luke

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ISBN 10 :  0521020565 ISBN 13 :  9780521020565
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2010
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