From Followers to Leaders: The Apostles in the Ritual Status Transformation in Acts 1-2

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Bloomsbury Publishing, Apr 1, 2004 - Religion - 296 pages
Nelson Estrada examines the apostles' transformation of status from followers to leaders in Acts 1-2. He challenges the common view that Acts 1:12-14 is the preparation for the coming of the Spirit in Acts 2, and that the sole purpose of Acts 1:15-26 is to set the number of the apostles at twelve-in line with Jesus' prophecy in Luke 22:30. Instead, Estrada reads Acts 1:12-14 and 1:15-26 as primarily propagandistic in nature. He argues that these pericopes promote the leadership integrity of the apostles by attempting to win the support of the women disciples and Jesus' family and then, through Judas' excommunication, extirpation, and replacement, to win that of the 120 disciples.
 

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Chapter 1 THE APOSTLES AND THE NEED TO CALL FOR AN ELECTION
1
Part I SEPARATION
45
Part II TRANSITION
103
Part III AGGREGATION
189

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Nelson P. Estrada received his Ph.D from the University of Sheffield, England and is currently an Associate Professor in New Testament at the Asian Theological Seminary and Asia Graduate School of Theology, Manila, Philippines.

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