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Adam

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Author(s): Dunn (†), James D.G.
Adam does not feature often in the biblical texts, but the references and allusions to him indicate a figure who provided an explanation of human character and destiny. Paul’s Adam theology and its influence thereafter indicate how important the figure of Adam was in early Christian theology.Adam in Genesis and Other Jewish ScripturesThe most famous passage in the Old Testament is the creation account in Gen 1–3, in which several features become fundamental to early Chri…
Date: 2024-01-19

Agraphon

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Author(s): Dunn (†), James D.G.
Agraphon means “unwritten.” So the reference is to the “unwritten” sayings of Jesus (Christ, Jesus, 01: Survey). This should immediately put us in an impossible position. Since all our knowledge of Jesus and the beginnings of Christianity depend on what was written down or transcribed, more or less by definition we have no access to, and therefore no knowledge, of
Date: 2024-01-19

Pentecost

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Author(s): Dunn (†), James D.G.
Luke’s account of the first Christian Pentecost (Acts 2:1–13) is one of his most famous and influential narratives. When the feast of Pentecost dawned, the disciples were all together (presumably all 120; see Acts 1:15?). Suddenly a sound like a violent wind comes from heaven and fills the whole house where they were sitting (2:2). And “divided tongues, just like fire,” appear to them, one sitting on each of them. They are all “filled with the Holy Spirit” and begin to speak with “other …
Date: 2024-01-19

Apostle/Disciple

(5,648 words)

Author(s): Dunn (†), James D.G.
Ἀπόστολος is a term not much used in Greek literature, meaning “messenger, ambassador, or envoy,” a natural derivation from the verb ἀποστέλλειν, “to send off” ( Liddell/Scott
Date: 2024-01-19

Apostolic Fathers

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Author(s): Dunn (†), James D.G.
“Apostolic Fathers” is the name given to the Christian writings that have been preserved from the early decades of the 2nd century CE, regarded and revered as associates or disciples of the apostles (Apostle/Disciple) to whom the New Testament writings themselves were attributed. The most famous study of the texts involved has been by J.B. Lightfoot, Apostolic Fathers, part I: S. Clement of Rome, 1890, 2 vols., and part II: S. Ignatius, S. Polycarp,1885, 3 vols. The collection was first made in 1672 by J.B. Cotelier (details in Lightfoot, 1890, vol. I, 3).Some of the texts were sometimes bound up with the New Testament writings themselves. The most famous and striking example are the 4th-century CE Codex Sinaiticus, which contains the Epistle of Barnabas and part of the Shepherd of Hermas, and the somewhat later Codex Alexandrinus, which contains large sections of
Date: 2024-01-19