Unintentional Sins in Peter's speech: Acts 3:12-26

• Autores: Jenny Heimerdinger
• Localización: Revista catalana de teología, ISSN 0210-5551, Vol. 20, Nº. 2, 1995, págs. 269-276
• Idioma: inglés
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  • In this examination of Peter's speech in the Temple, attention is paid to the readings of the Greek text of Codex Bezae. Although superficially they appear to express anti-Judaic hostility, and as such belong to a secondary version of Acts, a closer look reveals that they derive from a context of traditional Jewish teaching and scriptures. Peter's speech thus stands as a reflection from a Jewish religious and legal viewpoint of the killing of the Messiah and the situation facing those who were responsible for his death. The allusions in the Bezan text to detailed Jewish teachings demand a knowledge of the background if they are to be properly understood, it could well be such a factor which caused the text to be modified for later readers who were unfamiliar with the Jewish traditions.