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The Acts of the Apostles: an Introduction and Study Guide

Taming the Tongues of Fire

  • Paperback
  • 112 pages
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • 15.5 x 23.2 x 1.1 cm

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The book of Acts opens with the dramatic story of tongues of flame descending upon believers at Pentecost and the prophecy of an egalitarian dispensation of the Spirit being fulfilled. Yet, as the narrative unfolds, we become aware of a tension between the socially egalitarian promise of the Pentecost story and the author's underlying concern to provide reassurance for his elite patron Theophilus that Jesus followers do not disturb the existing social order. In this guide, Acts is read as a struggle to tame the tongues of fire. Acts mutes the egalitarian promise of the Spirit through presenting an 'orderly account' (as its author calls it) of the Jesus movement that appeals to elite sensibilities. And, at the same time, the narrative contains contradictions, gaps and fissures that suggest the outlines of a more complex, and even subversive, religious movement.
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  • Author

    Shelly Matthews

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

  • Published

    January 2017

  • Weight

    182g

  • Page Count

    112

  • Dimensions

    15.5 x 23.2 x 1.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780567671233

  • ISBN-10

    0567671232

  • Eden Code

    4450453

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