Luke-Acts
Political Biography/Historyunder Rome. On Gender and Ethnicity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21408481 |
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| Authors | David L Balch (4950 SE Franklin St., Apt. 2OR 97206Portland, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 111 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 65-99 |
| Publication date | 2020-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0044-2615 • E-ISSN: 1613-009X |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/znw-2020-0003 |
| OpenAlex | W3015779132 |
| Language | EN |
In the Hellenistic-Roman world, both philosophical schools (Platonists) and ethnic groups (Romans, Athenians, Judeans) were committed to the authority of founder figures. Dionysius, Josephus, and Luke included biographies of their founders (Romulus, Moses, Jesus) within their historical works. Luke-Acts also acculturated Roman politics: 1) Luke narrated the official leadership of early Pauline assemblies exclusively by males, not narrating earlier leadership by women (Junia, Euodia, Syntyche). 2) Luke gave Jesus an inaugural address “to declare God’s age open and welcome to all [nations]” (Luke 4:19 quoting Isa 61:2), urging Luke’s auditors to become multiethnic. Peter instituted this crossing of ethnic boundaries in Judea (Acts 10) and Paul “accepted all” in Rome (Acts 28:30), the concluding sentence of the two volumes
Art · Art history · Biography · Ethnic group · Josephus · Judaism · Literature · Political science · Politics · Theology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Classics · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Highly cited | No |
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