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Rejected Prophets

Jesus and His Witnesses in Luke-Acts

  • Paperback
  • 128 pages
  • Publisher: Fortress Press,U.S.
  • 15.3 x 22.7 x 1.6 cm

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For readers interested in biblical scholarship and theology

Explains the connection between Jesus and biblical prophets

You will deepen your understanding of faith and history

Discover how Luke portrays Jesus and His witnesses as prophets in this insightful book.

Although several scholars have written in the past about how Luke portrays Jesus and the apostles as prophets, no one has yet provided a comprehensive theory as to why Luke's main protagonists resemble Samuel, Elijah, Elisha, Moses, and Jeremiah. McWhirter shows that Luke uses these biblical prophets as precedents, seeking to legitimate the things about which his audience has been instructed in the face of events that seem to contradict those teachings. By the 80s of the first century, the Romans had killed Jesus, Peter, and Paul; ravaged Jerusalem; and destroyed the temple. Many Gentiles believed in Jesus, while most Jews did not. In order to show that all this was part of God's plan, Luke - whom McWhirter, with David Tiede and others, identifies as a Diaspora Jew - compares Jesus and his witnesses to Israel's prophets who also went to the nations and were rejected by some of their own people.
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  • Title

    Rejected Prophets

  • Author

    Jocelyn McWhirter

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Fortress Press,U.S.

  • Published

    January 2014

  • Weight

    318g

  • Page Count

    128

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.7 x 1.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9781451470024

  • ISBN-10

    1451470029

  • Eden Code

    4260280