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The Acts of The Apostles: An Introduction and Study Guide - Taming the Tongues of Fire (Paperback)
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The Acts of The Apostles: An Introduction and Study Guide - Taming the Tongues of Fire (Paperback)
Series: T&T Clark's Study Guides to the New Testament
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Discovery Miles 5 500
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The book of Acts opens with the dramatic story of tongues of flame
descending upon believers at Pentecost and the prophecy of an
egalitarian dispensation of the Spirit being fulfilled. Yet, as the
narrative unfolds, we become aware of a tension between the
socially egalitarian promise of the Pentecost story and the
author's underlying concern to provide reassurance for his elite
patron Theophilus that Jesus followers do not disturb the existing
social order. In this guide, Acts is read as a struggle to tame the
tongues of fire. Acts mutes the egalitarian promise of the Spirit
through presenting an 'orderly account' (as its author calls it) of
the Jesus movement that appeals to elite sensibilities. And, at the
same time, the narrative contains contradictions, gaps and fissures
that suggest the outlines of a more complex, and even subversive,
religious movement.
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