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Having outlined the methodological considerations underpinning this study, we now turn to an inductive study of Peter’s characterization in Acts. 2.1. Acts 1:1–6:7: Peter in Jerusalem. Luke begins Acts by recounting how the resurrected Jesus taught his apostles about the kingdom of God before being taken up into heaven (1:1–11).18 Having ...
At issue in this search is how those who interact with the Acts narrative, both ancient and modern readers, are affected by the presentation of characters of Peter and Paul. Keywords Acts, audience-oriented, historical criticism, identity, literary criticism, Paul, Peter.
Since the intended audience’s identity forming relies on their interaction with Peter, Baker sketches Peter’s narrative from Luke to Acts 1. In Luke, Peter is cast as the disciples’ spokesperson, which prepares him to be the departing Christ’s spokesperson in Acts.
1 cze 2013 · The purpose of this book is to seek a fuller understanding of how the characterisation of Paul in Acts would have been perceived by those who first read or heard the Lucan narrative.
6 cze 2013 · The question of the relationship between the characterization of Peter and Paul in Acts and the construction of Christian identity in the late first century ce has been neglected in previous scholarship.
12 lis 2021 · This issue is mainly addressed within the Martyrdom of Peter (chs. 30–41) and, thus, should be considered seperately in more detail. A different group of characters is important for a specific chapter or a clearly defined episode.
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.
