The origin, function and disappearance of the “Twelve”: Continuity from Jesus to the post-Easter community?
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
| Field | Value | |
| Title | The origin, function and disappearance of the “Twelve”: Continuity from Jesus to the post-Easter community? | |
| Creator | Koch, Dietrich-Alex | |
| Description | The group of the Twelve is mentioned 28 times in the Synoptic Gospels. However, the Evangelists were not familiar with the historical role of the Twelve. Even the pre-Easter origin of Matthew 19:28/Luke 22:30 is debatable. On the other hand 1 Corinth 15:3b-5 provides a solid basis for the assumption of a pre-Easter origin of the Twelve. They functioned as a group representing the twelve tribes of Israel as the eschatological people of God. Reaffirmed in this role by the risen Lord they had for a short time a leading role in the early Christian community in Jerusalem. But their importance soon declined because after a short time the twelve former disciples from Galilee could no longer be representative of a rapidly expanding community. In the last decades of the first century the Twelve got a new importance on the literary level of the Gospels. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2005-10-09 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/hts.v61i1/2.445 | |
| Source | HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 61, No 1/2 (2005); 211-229 2072-8050 0259-9422 | |
| Language | eng | |
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