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What Does the Spirit Have to Do with Foreigners?

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What Does the Spirit Have to Do with Foreigners?

[Article]

Rodolfo Galvan Estrada III

Leiden

Brill

This article examines how Greco-Roman ethnoracial views inform our understanding of Peter and Cornelius's encounter in Acts 10:28-48. By drawing from the Gentile perception of Jewish misanthropy mentioned by Diodorus of Sicily and Tacitus, we find that Peter was harboring a resistance to preach the gospel to the Caesareans. By rereading the narrative from this perspective, visions and Spirit baptism within Acts 10 become divine events that challenge the reluctance to preach the gospel and associate with foreigners. This article examines how Greco-Roman ethnoracial views inform our understanding of Peter and Cornelius's encounter in Acts 10:28-48. By drawing from the Gentile perception of Jewish misanthropy mentioned by Diodorus of Sicily and Tacitus, we find that Peter was harboring a resistance to preach the gospel to the Caesareans. By rereading the narrative from this perspective, visions and Spirit baptism within Acts 10 become divine events that challenge the reluctance to preach the gospel and associate with foreigners.

2017

275-294

Pneuma

39/3

1570-0747

Cornelius

ethnicity

misanthropy

Peter

race

Spirit baptism

visions

Rodolfo Galvan Estrada III

10.1163/15700747-03903016

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[Article]

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