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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458801703321

Autore

Thompson Alan J

Titolo

One Lord, one people [[electronic resource] ] : the unity of the church in Acts in its literary setting / / Alan J. Thompson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : T & T Clark, c2008

ISBN

1-282-86866-7

9786612868665

0-567-57382-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

Library of New Testament studies ; ; 359

Disciplina

226.6/06

Soggetti

Church - Unity - Biblical teaching

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

; Introduction -- Unity and the 'Rule of Law' -- Unity and the 'Rule of the Lord' -- Unity and disunity: the difference between survival and destruction -- Concord and the conquest of the Word -- ; Conclusion and implications.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the Lukan themes of unity and disunity against ancient Greco-Roman and Jewish social and political discourses on concord and discord to better understand the context in which Luke highlights the themes of unity and disunity. The themes of unity and disunity are particularly prominent in ancient discussions of the reigns of rulers, evaluations of laws/constitutions/forms of government, and descriptions of the contrasting effects of unity and disunity in the destruction and preservation of peoples and cities. These themes are grouped under the broad categories of kingship and