Rejected prophets
Subtitle: Jesus and his witnesses in Luke-Acts
By: Jocelyn McWhirter
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781451470024; 9781451480269
Subjects: Bible; Bibel; Prophet; Criticism, interpretation; Apostles; Biblical teaching; Jünger
Description: Although several scholars have written about how Luke portrays Jesus and the apostles as prophets, no one has yet provided a comprehensive theory as to why Luke's protagonists resemble the prophets. McWhirter shows that Luke uses these biblical prophets as precedents, seeking to legitimate the apostles' teachings in the face of events, such as the destruction of Jerusalem and the deaths of Peter and Paul, which seem to contradict those teachings. In order to show that all this was part of God's plan, Luke compares Jesus and his witnesses to Israel's prophets who were rejected by their own people.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The role of prophets in Luke-Acts; title: Messiah and Savior; title: Trustworthy prophets; title: "A light for the Gentiles"; title: A rejected prophet; title: The doom of Jerusalem; title: Prophets like Jesus; title: Rejected prophets; title: "To the ends of the earth."