TY  - BOOK
AU  - Estrada,Nelson P.
TI  - From followers to leaders: the Apostles in the ritual of status transformation in Acts 1-2 
T2  - Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series
SN  - 9780203361375 (ebook)
PY  - 2004///
CY  - London
PB  - T & T Clark International
KW  - Bible
KW  - Acts
KW  - Social scientific criticism
KW  - Apostles
KW  - Leadership in the Bible
KW  - Religion
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Bible readings, selections & meditations
KW  - thema
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Criticism & exegesis of sacred texts
KW  - lcsh
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Also available in printed form ISBN 9780826469731; Electronic reproduction; Askews and Holts; Mode of access: World Wide Web
N2  - Acts 1-2 shows the apostles' change of status from followers to leaders. This book uses the model of a modern day ritual in examining the stages of this transformation; Acts 1-2 shows the apostles' change of status from followers to leaders. This book uses the model of a modern day ritual in examining the stages of this transformation. Estrada 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 clientele of the women disciples and Jesus' family and then, through Judas' excommunication, extirpation, and replacement, to win that of the 20 disciples. This is volume 255 in the Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement series
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