Noah and Moses in Acts 15: Group Models and the Novelty of the Way
This article argues that Acts 15 alludes both to commandments associated with Noah and pentateuchal legislation on the gerim, though without consistently developing either of these allusions. As a result, this chapter presents the Way as a novel movement that both corresponds with and transcends fam...
| Published in: | New Testament studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2021
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New Testament studies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Apostelgeschichte 15
/ Noahic Precepts
/ Noah
/ Moses
/ Group formation
/ Structure of
/ Combination
/ Mysteries
/ Roman Empire
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| RelBib Classification: | BE Greco-Roman religions CH Christianity and Society HB Old Testament HC New Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
| Further subjects: | B
Noahide Laws
B anchoring innovation B Resident Alien B group models B Acts 15 |
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| Summary: | This article argues that Acts 15 alludes both to commandments associated with Noah and pentateuchal legislation on the gerim, though without consistently developing either of these allusions. As a result, this chapter presents the Way as a novel movement that both corresponds with and transcends familiar categories. By discussing Acts’ simultaneous evoking and negation of other models (voluntary associations, Bacchic mystery cults, philosophical schools and ethnic groups), I argue that Acts 15 reflects a literary strategy evident throughout Acts. This strategy enabled the author of Acts to anchor the Way into the structures and traditions of the early Roman Empire. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-8145 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: New Testament studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0028688521000199 |