From Followers to Leaders: The Apostles in the Ritual Status Transformation in Acts 1-2 (The Library of New Testament Studies)

Estrada, Nelson P.

ISBN 10: 0826469736 / ISBN 13: 9780826469731

Published by Continuum, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: From Followers to Leaders: The Apostles in the Ritual Status Transformation in Acts 1-2 (The Library of New Testament Studies)
• Publisher: Continuum
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826469736
• ISBN 13: 9780826469731
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Nelson Estrada examines the apostles' transformation of status from followers to leaders in Acts 1-2. He challenges the common view that Acts 1:12-14 is the preparation for the coming of the Spirit in Acts 2, and that the sole purpose of Acts 1:15-26 is to set the number of the apostles at twelve-in line with Jesus' prophecy in Luke 22:30. Instead, Estrada reads Acts 1:12-14 and 1:15-26 as primarily propagandistic in nature. He argues that these pericopes promote the leadership integrity of the apostles by attempting to win the support of the women disciples and Jesus' family and then, through Judas' excommunication, extirpation, and replacement, to win that of the 120 disciples.

About the Authors

Nelson P. Estrada received his Ph.D from the University of Sheffield, England and is currently an Associate Professor in New Testament at the Asian Theological Seminary and Asia Graduate School of Theology, Manila, Philippines.

Chris Keith is Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Norway. He is the author of The Pericope Adulterae, the Gospel of John and the Literacy of Jesus, a winner of the 2010 John Templeton Award for Theological Promise, and Jesus' Literacy: Scribal Culture and the Teacher from Galilee. He is also the co-editor of Jesus among Friends and Enemies: A Historical and Literary Introduction to Jesus in the Gospels, and was recently named a 2012 Society of Biblical Literature Regional Scholar.