How Long to Read Marcion and Luke-Acts

How Long Does it Take to Read Marcion and Luke-Acts?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 40 minutes to read Marcion and Luke-Acts by Joseph B. Tyson

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

An investigation into the motives behind writing the canonical versions of Luke and Acts Building on recent scholarship that argues for a second-century date for the book of Acts, Marcion and Luke-Acts explores the probable context for the authorship not only of Acts but also of the canonical Gospel of Luke. Noted New Testament scholar Joseph B. Tyson proposes that both Acts and the final version of the Gospel of Luke were published at the time when Marcion of Pontus was beginning to proclaim his version of the Christian gospel, in the years 120-125 c.e. He suggests that although the author was subject to various influences, a prominent motivation was the need to provide the church with writings that would serve in its fight against Marcionite Christianity. Tyson positions the controversy with Marcion as a defining struggle over the very meaning of the Christian message and the author of Luke-Acts as a major participant in that contest. Suggesting that the primary emphases in Acts are best understood as responses to the Marcionite challenge, Tyson looks particularly at the portrait of Paul as a devoted Pharisaic Jew. He contends that this portrayal appears to have been formed by the author to counter the Marcionite understanding of Paul as rejecting both the Torah and the God of Israel. Tyson also points to stories that involve Peter and the Jerusalem apostles in Acts as arguments against the Marcionite claim that Paul was the only true apostle. Tyson concludes that the author of Acts made use of an earlier version of the Gospel of Luke and produced canonical Luke by adding, among other things, birth accounts and postresurrection narratives of Jesus.

How long is Marcion and Luke-Acts?

Marcion and Luke-Acts by Joseph B. Tyson is 220 pages long, and a total of 55,000 words.

This makes it 74% the length of the average book. It also has 67% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Marcion and Luke-Acts Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours to read Marcion and Luke-Acts aloud.

What Reading Level is Marcion and Luke-Acts?

Marcion and Luke-Acts is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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