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By Charles Cleworth. Abstract. The growing trend of utilizing narrative criticism to interpret the New Testament, including the tools of character studies, has led to an increased focus upon the on the way Luke develops Peter’s character in the book of Acts.
The study of Peter and Paul in the Acts of the Apostles has gone through primarily two methodological phases, a search for the historical Peter and Paul and a search for the literary Peter and Paul.
6 cze 2013 · The study of Peter and Paul in the Acts of the Apostles has gone through primarily two methodological phases, a search for the historical Peter and Paul and a search for the literary Peter and Paul.
Further when Peter declared Jesus is “Lord of all” (Acts 10:36), he pointed to Jesus' lordship over both Jews and Gentiles.33 The Christ event, death and resurrection, was interpreted as part of the divine purpose (Acts 2:23). Yet, Luke also recorded Peter's words that Jesus was killed by the hands of lawless men.
12 lis 2021 · The narrative offers a clear distinction between “urban” (Rome) and “rural” (Aricia), “inside” and “outside” (e.g., Marcellus’s house), “lower class” and “upper class” (e.g., the people coming to Marcellus’s house and Marcellus himself), “magician” and “senator,” just to mention a few examples.
Acts is a book of transition: -- From Peter to Paul. -- From ministry to Jews only (11:19) to "no difference" (15:9). -- From the temple in Jerusalem (Luke 24:53) to imprisonment in his “own rented quarters” in Rome. -- From the Gospel of the Kingdom (3:19, 20) to the Gospel of the Grace of God (20:24).
6 cze 2013 · In her treatment of Peter in Acts, Perkins maintains that the portrayal of Peter is consistent throughout Acts and that consistent characterization follows closely the ministry of Jesus in Luke’s Gospel.
