... in the interpretation of Luke-Acts; the roots of this going back to Ferdinand Baur (1792-1860) and the Tubingen school of New Testament scholarship. Baur claimed that the original author of Acts omitted Jewish-Christian inclinations in the text, which made it vulnerable to Marcionite uses. This necessitated the later canonical revision, which sought to quash any Marcionite elements and ... to the Jews first (Acts 13:14; 17:2, 10, 17:16; 18:4, 19:8) as a teacher, and messenger of the Gospel. In almost every town he visits, the synagogue is the chosen initial forum for his preaching, in s...

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