A Tale of Two Cities
‘Tarsus or Jerusalem’ Revisited
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19293293 |
|---|---|
| Authors | ANDRIE B DU TOIT |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 375-402 |
| Publication date | 2000-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Testament Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0028-6885 • E-ISSN: 1469-8145 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0028688500000229 |
| OpenAlex | W2506376889 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Van Unnik interpreted the biographical term άνατροφή in Acts 22.3 as confirmation of the view that Paul spent the major part of his youth in Jerusalem. A linguistic, rhetorical and narratological enquiry shows that this interpretation cannot be sustained. Acts and the undisputed Pauline letters make it more probable that Paul went to Jerusalem in his adolescent years. The Tarsus–Jerusalem dichotomy should be superseded by the recognition that Paul was the meeting and integrating point of a variety of influences
Art · Interpretation (philosophy) · Linguistics · Literature · Rhetorical question · Sociology · Statistics · Tarsus (eyelids) · Variety (cybernetics) · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Classics · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Mathematics · Medicine · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.24 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Highly cited | No |