The Collapse of Society in Luke 23: A Thucydidean Take on Jesus’ Passion
Στάσις is an important theme in Luke-Acts, but one that remains understudied. Many Lukan scholars equate στάσις with Roman seditio or treason, thereby overlooking the rich philosophical reflection on στάσις in Greek political thought. In this article, I analyse Luke's use of the concept of στάσ...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2021
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New Testament studies
Year: 2021, Volume: 67, Issue: 3, Pages: 317-335 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Lukasevangelium 23
/ Passion
/ Thucydides ca. 460 v. Chr.-400 v. Chr.
/ stasis
/ Politics
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| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics HC New Testament ZC Politics in general |
| Further subjects: | B
stasis
B Thucydides B Passion B Gospels B Politics B Luke-Acts |
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| Summary: | Στάσις is an important theme in Luke-Acts, but one that remains understudied. Many Lukan scholars equate στάσις with Roman seditio or treason, thereby overlooking the rich philosophical reflection on στάσις in Greek political thought. In this article, I analyse Luke's use of the concept of στάσις in his depiction of Jesus’ trial against the background of Thucydides’ model of στάσις in book 3 of his history. Thucydides’ reflections on στάσις were highly influential for later historians such as Josephus, and I argue that Luke too employs the common topos of στάσις as a violent internal conflict and not an act of rebellion or insurrection to reveal how the conflict between Jesus and his opponents is symptomatic of a deeper inversion of social bonds and language within a community. He does this, I argue, to set the stage for the story of Acts where στάσεις erupt throughout the Empire wherever the gospel is preached. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-8145 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: New Testament studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0028688520000399 |