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Mark Jeong examines those scenes in Acts where members of the church are banished, exiled, or displaced from the city. He argues that Luke-Acts presents the church as a community of political exiles who have been exiled or banished from the cities of the Roman Empire. This narrative displacement prompts a response or solution that in Luke-Acts is found in the community itself. Unlike other early Christian texts, which spoke of the church in exile from heaven or awaiting a city to come, Luke-Acts portrays the church itself as this "new city" that becomes a refuge for the displaced believers. Furthermore, exile or homelessness in Luke-Acts is not a problem requiring an otherworldly solution, but a part of the new way of life engendered by the proclamation of the Gospel; it is a core part of following the way of Jesus, who himself is exiled from Nazareth in the Gospel of Luke.
Price: £66.40
Pages: 173
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Imprint: Mohr Siebeck
Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2. Reihe
Publication Date:
17 October 2025
ISBN: 9783161643323
Format: Paperback
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Born 1987; 2023 ThD in New Testament at Duke University; Lecturer in New Testament at Christ Bible Seminary in Nagoya, Japan.
Chapter 1. Exile in Greece and Rome1.1 The Goal of Politics1.2 Exile as Political Act1.3 Reimagining a New Kind of Politics1.4 ConclusionChapter 2. Exile in Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity2.1 Exile in the Hebrew Bible and Septuagint2.2 Exile in Philo of Alexandria2.3 Exile in Josephus2.4 Citizenship among Diaspora Jews2.5 Exile in Early Christianity2.6 ConclusionChapter 3. The Church in Exile in Acts3.1 Stephen's Speech in Acts 7:1-533.2 Scenes of Exile in Acts3.3 ConclusionChapter 4. Jesus the Exile4.1 Settings in Literary Studies4.2 Hometowns in Ancient Literature4.3 Nazareth as Jesus' Patris4.4 The Expulsion of Jesus in Luke 4:16-304.5 Wandering Without a Home4.6 Renouncing Your Family4.7 ConclusionChapter 5. The Church as Polis5.1 The Early Christian Community5.2 Dio Chrysostom and Aelius Aristides5.3 Stasis in Corinth5.4 Civic Language in Acts5.5 The Church as Home5.6 Conclusion5.7 Conclusion6.1 Summary6.2 Implications and Avenues for Further Research