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Marcion and Luke-Acts

A Defining Struggle

  • Hardback
  • 224 pages
  • Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
  • 16.3 x 23 x 2 cm

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Building on recent scholarship that argues for a second-century date for the book of "Acts", "Marcion and Luke-Acts" explores the probable context for the authorship not only of "Acts" but also of the canonical "Gospel of Luke". Tyson proposes that both "Acts" and the final version of "Luke" were published at the time when Marcion of Pontus was beginning to proclaim his version of the Christian gospel, in the years 120-125 C.E. He suggests that although the author was subject to various influences, a prominent motivation was the need to provide the church with writings that would serve in its fight against Marcionite Christianity. Tyson positions the controversy with Marcion as a defining struggle over the very meaning of the Christian message and the author of "Luke-Acts" as a major participant in that contest. Tyson concludes that the author of "Acts" made use of an earlier version of the "Gospel of Luke" and produced canonical "Luke" by adding, among other things, birth accounts and postresurrection narratives of Jesus.
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  • Author

    Joseph B. Tyson

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    University of South Carolina Press

  • Published

    June 2007

  • Edition

    annotated edition

  • Weight

    436g

  • Page Count

    224

  • Dimensions

    16.3 x 23 x 2 cm

  • ISBN

    9781570036507

  • ISBN-10

    1570036500

  • Eden Code

    1178758

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