Bibliograph

Rejected prophets, Jesus and his witnesses in Luke-Acts, Jocelyn McWhirter

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Rejected prophets, Jesus and his witnesses in Luke-Acts, Jocelyn McWhirter

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Rejected prophets

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Jocelyn McWhirter

Sub title

Jesus and his witnesses in Luke-Acts

Summary

Although several scholars have written about how Luke portrays Jesus and the apostles as prophets, no one has yet provided a comprehensive theory as to why Luke's protagonists resemble the prophets. McWhirter shows that Luke uses these biblical prophets as precedents, seeking to legitimate the apostles' teachings in the face of events, such as the destruction of Jerusalem and the deaths of Peter and Paul that seem to contradict those teachings. In order to show that all this was part of God's plan, Luke compares Jesus and his witnesses to Israel's prophets who were rejected by their own people

Target audience

adult

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