LEADER 02620nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910458801703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-86866-7 010 $a9786612868665 010 $a0-567-57382-6 035 $a(CKB)2670000000055424 035 $a(EBL)601975 035 $a(OCoLC)676696322 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000424530 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11299321 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000424530 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10474340 035 $a(PQKB)10430404 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC601975 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL601975 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10427594 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL286866 035 $a(OCoLC)893335243 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000055424 100 $a20090113d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOne Lord, one people$b[electronic resource] $ethe unity of the church in Acts in its literary setting /$fAlan J. Thompson 210 $aLondon $cT & T Clark$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (233 p.) 225 1 $aLibrary of New Testament studies ;$v359 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-567-06275-9 311 $a0-567-04559-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $gIntroduction --$tUnity and the 'Rule of Law' --$tUnity and the 'Rule of the Lord' --$tUnity and disunity: the difference between survival and destruction --$tConcord and the conquest of the Word --$gConclusion and implications. 330 $aThis book examines the Lukan themes of unity and disunity against ancient Greco-Roman and Jewish social and political discourses on concord and discord to better understand the context in which Luke highlights the themes of unity and disunity. The themes of unity and disunity are particularly prominent in ancient discussions of the reigns of rulers, evaluations of laws/constitutions/forms of government, and descriptions of the contrasting effects of unity and disunity in the destruction and preservation of peoples and cities. These themes are grouped under the broad categories of kingship and 410 0$aLibrary of New Testament studies ;$v359. 606 $aChurch$xUnity$xBiblical teaching 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aChurch$xUnity$xBiblical teaching. 676 $a226.6/06 700 $aThompson$b Alan J$0995191 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458801703321 996 $aOne Lord, one people$92279573 997 $aUNINA