One Lord, one people : the unity of the church in Acts in its literary setting / Alan J. Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, Alan J.

Series:

Library of New Testament studies ; 359.

Library of New Testament studies ; 359

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Acts--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Luke--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Church--Unity--Biblical teaching.

Church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : T & T Clark, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the Lukan themes of unity and disunity against ancient Greco-Roman and Jewish social and political discourses on concord and discord to better understand the context in which Luke highlights the themes of unity and disunity. The themes of unity and disunity are particularly prominent in ancient discussions of the reigns of rulers, evaluations of laws/constitutions/forms of government, and descriptions of the contrasting effects of unity and disunity in the destruction and preservation of peoples and cities. These themes are grouped under the broad categories of kingship and

Contents:

Introduction

Unity and the 'Rule of Law'

Unity and the 'Rule of the Lord'

Unity and disunity: the difference between survival and destruction

Concord and the conquest of the Word

Conclusion and implications.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612868665

9781282868663

1282868667

9780567573827

0567573826

OCLC:

676696322