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Peter's Halakhic Nightmare

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Did Luke intend Peter's visionary command to eat 'unclean animals' in Acts 10 to suggest the dissolution of the Jewish Law? Whilst scholars have argued over sources, inconsistent redaction and late...
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Did Luke intend Peter's visionary command to eat 'unclean animals' in Acts 10 to suggest the dissolution of the Jewish Law? Whilst scholars have argued over sources, inconsistent redaction and later reception, many have failed to notice here the novel use of a type of transgression anxiety dream. John Moxon shows how by the incorporation of such naturalistic motifs, Luke takes "revelation" in a new and decidedly psychological direction, probably imitating similar developments in Graeco-Roman biography. If the vision reveals an illegitimate transfer of disgust within an exaggerated halakha of separation, then its target is prejudice and inconsistency, not the Jew-Gentile divide as such, as underlined by the ironic contrast with the pious Cornelius. In this reading, Luke's non-supercessionism is maintained, whilst showing him acutely aware of the kinds of nightmare holding many back from the nascent Gentile mission.
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Price: £141.70
Pages: 638
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Imprint: Mohr Siebeck
Publication Date: 20 July 2017
ISBN: 9783161533013
Format: Paperback
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RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / New Testament, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Judaism, Theology

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