Cover

Preface

Table of contents

Abbreviations

1. Bible and Apocrypha

2. Extra-Biblical Sources

3. Journals, Series, etc.

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Text of the Ascension Narratives – Luke 24:50–53; Acts 1:1–2, 9–11

1. Introduction

2. The Texts of Luke 24:50-53

1. Papyrus Bodmer XIV - Codex Vaticanus

2. Codex Bezae

3. Primitive Western Text (Boismard and Lamouille)

Comparison of 2 and 3

Comparison of 1 and 3

3. P and Text-Critical Tendency Criticism

4. The Texts of Acts 1:1-2

1. Codex Vaticanus

2. Codex Bezae

Primitive Western text (Boismard and Lamouille)

Comparison of 2 and 3

Comparison of 1 and 3

5. The Texts of Acts 1:9-11

1. Codex of Vaticanus

2. Codex of Bezae

3. Primitive Western text (Boismard and Lamouille)

Comparison of 2 and 3

Comparison of 1 and 3

6. Conclusions

Postscript

Chapter 2. Assumptus Est in Caelum – Rapture and Heavenly Exaltation in Early Judaism and Luke-Acts

1. Introduction

2. The Early Christian Resurection and Exaltation Kerygma

3. Defining Exaltation, Ascension and Rapture

4. In Search of the Proper Language Game

5. The Rapture Phenomenon in Early Jewish Sources

6. The Early Jewish Rapture-Preservation Paradigm

7. Luke-Acts and the Rapture-Preservation Paradigm

8. Luke-Acts and the Resurrection and Exaltation Kerygma

9. Final Remarks and Conclusions

Postscript

Chapter 3. The Mysterious Death(s) of Judas – A Shakespearean Drama

1. Introduction

2. Judas' Death in the New Testament

3. Various Versions of Judas' Death

4. The Death of the Wicked

5. The Death of Traitors

6. Death Scenes in Plural

7. Luke and the Death of Judas

8. A Shakespearean Death Scene

9. Jesus and the Twelve Thrones

Chapter 4. Judas and the Jews – Anti-Semitic Interpretation of Judas Iscariot, Past and Present

1. Introduction

2. Judas between Fact and Fiction

3. Judas as Incarnation of Evil: A Rhetoric of Defamation

4. Judas as Prototype of the Jews: A Rhetoric of Anti-Semitism

5. An Intermezzo: Fake Quotes

6. Judas and the Jews in the New Testament

7. Judas, the Jews and the Devil in the Forth Gospel: An Explosive Triad

8. Concluding Remarks

Chapter 5. Luke's Understanding of Baptism in the Holy Spirit

1. Introduction

2. Common Ground

3. Areas for Further Debate

4. The Systematization Fallacy

5. Baptism in the Spirit as an Eschatological Event

6. Baptism in the Spirit as a Corporate Event

7. Baptism in the Spirit as Present and Future

8. A Parallel from Qumran?

9. Pentecost as a Barrier-Breaking Event

10. Luke and Paul in Canonical Perspective

11. Concluding Remarks

Chapter 6. Church Between Ideal and Reality – Some Comments on the Role of the Church in the Acts of the Apostles

1. Introduction

2. The Church as a Charismatic Community

3. The Church as an Institution

4. The Position of Acts

5. The Historical Context of Acts

6. The Church as a Community of Salvation

7. The Church as a Charismatic Community

8. The Church as a Bearer of Tradition and Guarantor of Continuity

9. The Church as a Community of the Marginalized

10. The Church and Its Apostolic Origin

11. The Church as a Community between Ideal and Reality

12. Concluding Remarks

Chapter 7. Jesus Made Both Lord and Christ (Acts 2:36) – Some Reflections on the Altitude of Lukan Christology

1. Introduction

2. Acts 2:36: Rolling Stone or Foundation Wall?

3. Acts 2:36 in Luke's Larger Christological Project

4. Some Methodological Reflections

5. Insigths from Speech Act Theory and Narrative Criticism

6. Retroactive Realignment of the Past

7. A Rereading of the Kύριος-Texts in Luke's Gospel

8. Summary and Conclusions

Chapter 8. Putting Paul in Place with a Trojan Horse – Luke's Rhetorical Strategy in Acts in Defence of the Pauline Gospel

1. Introduction

2. The Post-Resurrection Apperences of Jesus

3. The Twelve Apostles as Authentic Witnesses

4. The Authority of Paul Under Dispute

5. The Rhetorical Function of the Parallelisms in Luke-Acts

6. the Peter-Paul Parallelisms

7. A Proposal: Paul Quasi-Subordinate to the Twelve

8. Conclusions

Bibliography

Index of Ancient Sources

1. Old Testament and Apocrypha

2. New Testament

3. OT Pseudepigrapha and Other Jewish Writings

4. Early Christian and Gnostic Writings

5. Greek and Roman Writings

6. Other Ancient Writings

Index of Modern Authors

Index of Subjects and Key Terms