{"product_id":"marcion-and-luke-acts-a-defining-struggle-hardcover-1","title":"Marcion and Luke-Acts: A Defining Struggle - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoseph B. Tyson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn investigation into the motives behind writing the canonical versions of Luke and Acts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuilding on recent scholarship that argues for a second-century date for the book of Acts, \u003ci\u003eMarcion and Luke-Acts\u003c\/i\u003e explores the probable context for the authorship not only of Acts but also of the canonical Gospel of Luke. Noted New Testament scholar Joseph B. Tyson proposes that both Acts and the final version of the Gospel of Luke were published at the time when Marcion of Pontus was beginning to proclaim his version of the Christian gospel, in the years 120-125 c.e. He suggests that although the author was subject to various influences, a prominent motivation was the need to provide the church with writings that would serve in its fight against Marcionite Christianity. Tyson positions the controversy with Marcion as a defining struggle over the very meaning of the Christian message and the author of Luke-Acts as a major participant in that contest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuggesting that the primary emphases in Acts are best understood as responses to the Marcionite challenge, Tyson looks particularly at the portrait of Paul as a devoted Pharisaic Jew. He contends that this portrayal appears to have been formed by the author to counter the Marcionite understanding of Paul as rejecting both the Torah and the God of Israel. Tyson also points to stories that involve Peter and the Jerusalem apostles in Acts as arguments against the Marcionite claim that Paul was the only true apostle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTyson concludes that the author of Acts made use of an earlier version of the Gospel of Luke and produced canonical Luke by adding, among other things, birth accounts and postresurrection narratives of Jesus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoseph B. Tyson\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emeritus of religious studies at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He received his Ph.D. from Union Theological Seminary and taught at SMU for forty years. Tyson's many books include\u003ci\u003e Luke, Judaism, and the Scholars; Images of Judaism in Luke-Acts; The Death of Jesus in Luke-Acts;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New Testament and Early Christianity.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 9.04 x 6.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52745867264307,"sku":"9781570036507","price":75.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/UVltTlB5K0FoY2Q0Njl5czZVRWFldz09_19194b13-fc9c-4de9-9f8b-8dfdaf3868bf.webp?v=1764190867","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/marcion-and-luke-acts-a-defining-struggle-hardcover-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}