The origin, function and disappearance of the "Twelve" : continuity from Jesus to the post-Easter community?
| 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 | |
| dc.description | Spine cut of Journal binding and pages scanned on flatbed EPSON Expression 10000 XL; 400dpi; text/lineart - black and white - stored to Tiff Derivation: Abbyy Fine Reader v.9 work with PNG-format (black and white); Photoshop CS3; Adobe Acrobat v.9 Web display format PDF | en_US |
| 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 |
| dc.description.uri | http://explore.up.ac.za/record=b1001341 | en_US |
| 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 |