Rejected Prophets: Jesus and His Witnesses in Luke-Acts

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REJECTED PROPHETS REJECTED PROPHETS JESUS AND HIS WITNESSES IN LUKE-ACTS Y JOCELYN McWHIRTER Fortress Press Minneapolis REJECTED PROPHETS Jesus and His Witnesses in Luke-Acts Copyright © 2013 Fortress Press. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical articles or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher. Visit http://www.augsburgfortress.org/copyrights/ or write to Permissions, Augsburg Fortress, Box 1209, Minneapolis, MN 55440. Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Cover image: Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY Cover design: Tory Herman Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data McWhirter, Jocelyn. Rejected prophets : Jesus and his witnesses in Luke-Acts / Jocelyn McWhirter. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4514-7002-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-4514-8026-9 (ebook) 1. Bible. Luke–Criticism, interpretation, etc. 2. Bible. Acts–Criticism, interpretation, etc. 3. Apostles–Biblical teaching. I. Title. BS2589.M44 2013 226.4’06–dc23 2013034856 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences — Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z329.48-1984. Manufactured in the U.S.A. This book was produced using PressBooks.com, and PDF rendering was done by PrinceXML. For my parents, who brought me to church and sent me to school ...