Christ, the Spirit and the Community of God: Essays on the Acts of the Apostles

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    Abstract

    This volume collects text-critical, exegetical and biblical-theological essays on the Acts of the Apostles, dealing primarily with the opening chapters of Acts in the wider context of first-century Christianity and its Umwelt. The articles include treatments of the ascension and exaltation of Jesus in its early Jewish and early Christian context, the death and replacement of Judas Iscariot and the varying traditions of his death, the role of Judas and the Jews in the history of anti-Semitism, Luke’s understanding of Pentecost and the outpouring of the Spirit, early Christian community life in Acts, the function of the early resurrection and exaltation Christology in Peter’s Pentecost discourse, and Luke’s special treatment of Paul in relation to the Twelve apostles in Jerusalem. The book contains previously published material (all thoroughly updated and revised), some articles appearing for the first time in English and two new essays.

    Christus, der Geist und die Gemeinde Gottes. Studien zur Apostelgeschichte.

    Arie W. Zwiep versammelt textkritische, exegetische und biblisch-theologische Studien zur Apostelgeschichte. Diese handeln vor allem von deren Anfangskapiteln im Gesamtzusammenhang des Christentums im ersten Jahrhundert und seiner Umwelt. Die Studien beinhalten Abhandlungen zu Christi Himmelfahrt im frühjüdischen und frühchristlichen Kontext, zum Tod und zur Ersetzung des Judas Ischariot und zu den verschiedenen Betrachtungsweisen bezüglich seines Todes. Zudem geht es um die Rolle von Judas und den Juden in der Geschichte des Antisemitismus, um Pfingsten und die Ausgießung des Heiligen Geistes, frühchristliches Gemeindeleben, die Auferstehung und Erhöhungschristologie in Petrus’ Pfingstrede und Lukas’ besondere Betrachtung von Paulus in Bezug auf die 12 Apostel in Jerusalem.
    Original languageEnglish
    Place of PublicationTübingen
    PublisherMohr Siebeck
    ISBN (Print)9783161506758
    Publication statusPublished - 2010

    Publication series

    NameWUNT 2. Reihe
    PublisherMohr Siebeck
    Volume293

    Bibliographical note

    Reviews:

    Cees van der Laan, Soteria 28/2 (2011): 70-72.
    Miguel Flores Colin, Mayeutica 37 (2011): 171-172.
    New Testament Abstracts 55/2 (2011): 386.
    Ab Noordegraaf, Theologia Reformata (6/2011): 229-230 (digibron).
    Nico Riemersma, Interpretatie 19/8 (2011): 29-31.
    Andrew Gregory, Journal for the Study of the New Testament 34/5 (2012): 49 (“an unusully tightly focused collection of essays … This volume neatly complements Zwiep‘s earlier work on Luke and Acts. It is a very valuable collection of essays“).
    Christian Grappe, Revue d’histoire et de philosophie religieuses 92 (2012): 529.
    Nils Neumann, Theologische Revue 108 (2012): 121-122.
    Christoph Stenschke, Neotestamentica 47 (2013): 426-428.
    Anthony C. Thiselton, Journal of Reformed Theology 7.1 (2013): 111-112. [“… wide-ranging and thorough (…) a fair, judicious, convincing, and meticulously-argued set of essays with common themes, each of which repays study (…) this is an excellent and well researched book“]. See also Thiselton‘s recent treatment in his The Holy Spirit in Biblical Teaching, through the Centuries, and Today (Grand Rapids, Cambridge: Eerdmans, 2013), esp. 465-467 („To end … with Zwiep … provides a fitting climax to this study.“
    David K. Bryan, Religious Studies Review 39 (2013): 178-179.
    Marc Rastoin, Recherche de Science Religieuse 101 (2013): 428-429.
    Arden C. Autry, Pneuma 26 (2014): 460-462.

    Keywords

    • Luke-Acts
    • Ascension of Jesus
    • Pentecost
    • Judas Iscariot
    • Christology
    • Theology
    • Exegesis
    • New Testament
    • Eschatology
    • Textual Criticism
    • Ecclesiology
    • Biblical Theology

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