Contested Ethnicities and Images
Studies in Acts and Arts
[Strittige Ethnizitäten und Bilder. Studien zur Apostelgeschichte und zur Kunst.]
2015. XX, 479 pages. Summary
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How did Luke-Acts participate in the ethnic, economic, and political debates of the first century CE ? David L. Balch argues that it is political biography and history, narrating Jesus as founder of a community that accepted foreigners and urged rich members to humble themselves to become one with the poor.