Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
New Testament Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
67,4 (2021) 496-513
Keywords:
Noah Christian interpretations
;
Moses Christian interpretations
;
New Testament. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
Noahide Laws
Abstract:
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.
DOI:
10.1017/S0028688521000199
URL:
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