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Godfearing in Acts 10:

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TLpq304132384

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

Godfearing in Acts 10:

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[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

S. S. Henrich

Title Proper by Another Author

The changing rules of hospitality in early Christianity

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

W. A. Meeks

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Yale University

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1994

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288-288 p.

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Ph.D.

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Yale University

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1994

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This dissertation centers on Acts 10:1-48 and explores the connection between usd\rm\`o\ \phi o\beta o\acute\upsilon\mu\varepsilon\nu o\zeta\ \tau\`o\nu\ \theta\varepsilon\acute o\nuusd in that chapter and the extension of Christian mission to the Gentiles. Chapter One examines the pattern for mission, beginning with the commands of Jesus in Luke 9 and 10. The mission of Jesus and his followers throughout Luke-Acts is partially constituted by shared hospitality. In Chapter Two the meaning of usd\rm\`o\ \phi o\beta o\acute\upsilon\mu\varepsilon\nu o\zeta\ \tau\`o\nu\ \theta\varepsilon\acute o\nuusd in Luke's narrative is the central question. This phrase, it must be considered in light of Septuagintal uses of "godfearing," particularly in the Psalms. In Chapter Three an exegesis of Acts 10 examines the way in which this phrase is applied to Cornelius and generalized into a norm for worthiness of God (Act 10:34). Acts 10 includes the vision of Peter, which must be understood to mark the end of the law's role for salvation or for membership in the community of the saved. Godfearing, re-interpreted, is one of two new qualities of those who are saved and share hospitality. The dissertation proceeds from the assumption that Luke has written a coherent narrative in which repetitions are significant. Chapter Four considers Peter's presentation of the story of Cornelius (11:1-18). When believers question of shared hospitality among Jewish and Gentile believers (11:3), Peter's response interprets the events of Acts 10. He assures them that believers are cleansed without the law. There is no obstacle to shared hospitality or mission among the Gentiles. Peter alludes to the story of Cornelius once more (Acts 15:1-35). Chapter Five examines how the story refutes the challenge that all believers must keep the law (Acts 15:1, 5). The precepts of the apostolic decree are central. They do not re-impose basic principles of the law in order to enable hospitality among Jewish and Gentile believers. Rather than being reflections of Levitical or Noahide codes, they enjoin upon Gentile believers the protection of their new, non-idolatrous worship of the God of Israel alone. This, the "new" godfearing is he only requirement that believers need meet for salvation and shared hospitality.

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Philosophy, religion and theology

S. S. Henrich

W. A. Meeks

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