1. Does Luke-Acts move to a rejectio of the Jews
... against the Jews, caused him to include favourable notes about them in his narrative. Haenchen and Conzelmann saw ambivalence as a primary feature of Luke-Acts. Luke, they say, was addressing a particular historical problem - understanding Christianity as a stage in continuity with Judaism and at the same time ... to the Gentiles. Those Jews rejecting Jesus, the Messiah, are no different from unbelieving Gentiles. Paul's speech to the Philosophers in Athens (Acts 17:26-29), demonstrates perhaps most strongly, Luke's understanding of the inclusive nature of this new era in human history, i...
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