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From followers to leaders : the Apostles in the ritual of status transformation in Acts 1-2 / Nelson P. Estrada.
Van Pelt Library BS2625.52 C85 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Thesis/Dissertation
- Author/Creator:
- Estrada, Nelson P.
- Series:
- Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 255.
- Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 255
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Acts, I-II--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Bible. Acts, I-II--Social scientific criticism.
- Apostles.
- Leadership in the Bible.
- Women in the Bible.
- Sociology, Biblical.
- Gifts, Spiritual--Biblical teaching.
- Gifts, Spiritual.
- Social scientific criticism of sacred works.
- Genre:
- Academic theses.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 281 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : T & T Clark, 2004.
- Summary:
- Nelson Estrada examines the apostles' transformation of status from followers to leaders in Acts 1-2. He challenges the common view that Acts 1:12-14 is the preparation for the coming of the Spirit in Acts 2, and that the sole purpose of Acts 1:15-26 is to set the number of the aposties at twelve-in line with Jesus' prophecy in Luke 22:30. Instead, Estrada reads Acts 1:12-14 and 1:15-26 as primarily propagandistic in nature. He argues that these pericopes promote the leadership integrity of the apostles by attempting to win the support of the women disciples and Jesus' family and then, through Judas' excommunication, extirpation, and replacement, to win that of the 120 disciples.
- Notes:
- Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sheffield, 2001.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-266) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0826469736
- OCLC:
- 55730508
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