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Hidden Criticism of the Angry Tyrant in Early Judaism and the Acts
of the Apostles adds to the current literature of imperial-critical
New Testament readings with an examination of Luke's hidden
criticism of imperial Rome in the Acts of the Apostles and in
Paul's speech on the Areopagus in Acts 17. Focusing on discursive
resistance in the Hellenistic world, Strait examines the
relationship between hidden criticism and persuasion and between
subordinates and the powerful, and he explores the challenge to the
dissident voice to communicate criticism while under surveillance.
Strait argues that Luke confronts the idolatrous power and iconic
spectacle of gods and kings with the Gospel of the Lord of all-a
worldview that is incompatible with the religions of Rome,
including emperor worship.
As a sequel to the hugely successful Jesus and the Heritage of
Israel, this book brings together fourteen internationally
acclaimed scholars in antiquities studies and experts on Paul and
Luke. The contributors provoke new approaches to the troubled
relation of the Lukan Paul by re-configuring the figure and impact
of Paul upon nascent Christianity, with the two leading questions
as a driving force. First, 'Who is "Israel" and the "church" for
Luke and Luke's Paul' and secondly 'Who is Jesus of Nazareth and
who is Paul in relation to both?' The contributors provide
challenging new perspectives on approaches to the figure of Paul in
recent scholarship as well as in the scholarship of previous
generations, 're-figuring' Paul by examining both how he is
portrayed in Acts, and how the Pauline figure of Acts may be
envisioned within Paul's own writings. Paul and the Heritage of
Israel thus accomplishes what no other single volume has done:
combining both the 'Paul of Paul' and the 'Paul of Luke' in one
seminal volume.
As a sequel to the hugely successful Jesus and the Heritage of
Israel this book brings together fourteen internationally acclaimed
scholars in antiquities studies and experts on Paul and Luke. The
contributors provoke new approaches to the troubled relation of the
Lukan Paul by re-configuring the figure and impact of Paul upon
nascent Christianity, with the two leading questions as a driving
force. First, 'Who is "Israel" and the "church" for Luke and Luke's
Paul' and secondly 'Who is Jesus of Nazareth and who is Paul in
relation to both?' The contributors provide challenging new
perspectives on approaches to the figure of Paul in recent
scholarship as well as in the scholarship of previous generations,
're-figuring' Paul by examining both how he is portrayed in Acts,
and how the Pauline figure of Acts may be envisioned within Paul's
own writings. Paul and the Heritage of Israel thus accomplishes
what no other single volume has done: combining both the 'Paul of
Paul' and the 'Paul of Luke' in one seminal volume. >
In the first volume of this long-anticipated collection by Moessner
and Tiede, seventeen leading scholars of antiquity present an
amazing sea change of opinion that Luke is indeed the interpreter
of Israel. The book represents an unprecedented international
consensus that the Hellenistic author Luke composed a carefully
crafted narrative in two parts to claim Jesus of Nazareth as
Israel's true heritage and enduring legacy to the world. Part One
explores the nature of Luke's prologues and his intention to write
a narrative of events brought to fruition, using the narrative
conventions and audience expectations of the Greco-Roman milieu.
Part Two illuminates the relation of Luke's second volume to the
first by inquiring about the consistency and coherence of his
narrative-thematic strategies in retelling the story of Israel's
legacy of the Christ. Whether Luke completed Acts, the larger role
of Paul and, most significantly, the meaning of Israel by the end
of Acts are approached from new perspectives and charged with
provocative insights. In addition to the volume editors, the
contributors include L. Alexander, D. Schmidt, V. Robbins, C.
Thornton, R. Pervo, W. Kurz, C. Holladay, G. Sterling, D. Balch, E.
Pl++macher, Charles H. Talbert, J.H. Hayes, D. Marguerat, M.
Wolter, R. Tannehill, and I. H. Marshall. David P. Moessner is
Professor of Biblical Theology at the University of Dubuque
Theological Seminary.
Debunks the theory that the "deutero-Paulines" were written after
Paul's death, articulating Reicke's conviction that they were
composed by Paul or one of his associates.
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