Date of Award

5-1-1978

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Sacred Theology (STM)

Department

Exegetical Theology

First Advisor

Martin Scharlemann

Scripture References in this Resource

Acts 15:19; Acts 15:16-18; Jeremiah 12:15; Isaiah 45:21; Acts 15:20; Acts 15:12-13; Acts 15:15; Acts 15:3; Amos 9:11; Jeremiah 12:15; Isaiah 45:21; Acts 15:29; Acts 21:25; Acts 13:16; Acts 1:3; Acts 7:4; Acts 10:41; Acts 19:21; Acts 20:1; Acts 19:33; Acts 1:11; Acts 2:14; Acts 2:22; Acts 1:16; Acts 2:29; Acts 15:7; Acts 2:37; Acts 13:15; Luke 24:35; Acts 10:8; Acts 21:19; John 1:18

Abstract

As one considers the quotation from Amos in Acts 15:16-18, he discovers that the text in Acts 15 differs from the text in the Septuagint , and that the Old Testament Greek text, in turn, differs radically from the Hebrew text. An explanation for the differing readings may depend on Qumran materials and rabbinic literature, in both of which the quotation from Amos occurs in Messianic contexts.

The decree in Acts 15:20 also raises questions, since some commentators have argued for an original reading with two or three prohibitions instead of the four as given in the Eberhard. Nestle text. One's conclusion about the number of prohibitions may help determine whether the account in Acts 15 is unified or whether it is a conflation of two separate events. The implication of the prohibitions is also a matter of discussion. Many commentators have viewed them as a concession to Gentile-Christians which freed them from the Law, Yet it is entirely possible that James, in the case of these prohibitions, is completely consistent with the traditional picture of a man wholly dedicated to that Law.

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