The origin, function and disappearance of the "Twelve" : continuity from Jesus to the post-Easter community?

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dc.contributor.author Koch, Dietrich-Alex
dc.date.accessioned 2010-03-10T09:00:03Z
dc.date.available 2010-03-10T09:00:03Z
dc.date.issued 2005
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dc.description.abstract The group of the Twelve is mentioned 28 times in the Synoptic Gospels. However, the Evangelists were not familiar with the historical role of the Twelve. Even the pre-Easter origin of Matthew 19:28/Luke 22:30 is debatable. On the other hand 1 Corinth 15:3b-5 provides a solid basis for the assumption of a pre-Easter origin of the Twelve. They functioned as a group representing the twelve tribes of Israel as the eschatological people of God. Reaffirmed in this role by the risen Lord they had for a short time a leading role in the early Christian community in Jerusalem. But their importance soon declined because after a short time the twelve former disciples from Galilee could no longer be representative of a rapidly expanding community. In the last decades of the first century the Twelve got a new importance on the literary level of the Gospels. en
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dc.identifier.citation Koch, D-A 2005, 'The origin, function and disappearance of the "Twelve": Continuity from Jesus to the post-Easter community?', HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies, vol. 61, no. 1&2, pp. 211-229. [http://www.hts.org.za/index.php/HTS/issue/archive] en
dc.identifier.issn 0259-9422 (print)
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/13364
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria en_US
dc.rights Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria en_US
dc.subject Disciples, Twelve en
dc.subject Synoptic gospels en
dc.subject.lcsh Apostles en
dc.subject.lcsh Bible -- Historiography en
dc.title The origin, function and disappearance of the "Twelve" : continuity from Jesus to the post-Easter community? en
dc.type Article en


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