ENGLIT 0597 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Early Centers Of Christianity, Ananias And Sapphira, Jesus Family
Document Summary
Knowledge of history and access to witnesses but no knowledge of paul"s letters. Luke in acts physician who sometimes travels with paul. Genealogy of jesus goes backwards to adam, the son of god . Connecting jesus to all of history and all people points to spread of christianity to gentiles (foreshadowing) Torah/israel john the baptist (last prophet) jesus = turning point church. Parousia sometime in the future (after the work of the church is done) Emphasizes the role of the holy spirit (not as much as john) enables the early christians to perform miracles. Jesus as a turning point of history is associated with jerusalem. Emphasizes jesus role as a servant, thus not a king or ruler. Jesus is not a threat to rome christianity is not a threatening revolutionary movement. Addressed to theophilus (lover of god) could be real or symbolic (those who are reading the book and are a lover of god)
