Biblical Reading and Reflections: June 19th (Ezekiel 40 & Acts 17:16-34)
Alastair's Adversaria
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The Athenians and Foreigners of the City of Athens
Some commentators have suggested that the second charge that paul proclaimed foreign gods arose from the misconception that resurrection was a female deity alongside jesus. This is not the first time that luke seems to have referred to socrates within his text. In alining paul with socrates in this manner, luke presents him as wise and the athe ans as foolish in repeating the mistakes of their ancestors. Paul identifies monument to uninformed devotion as an object that epitomizes the religion of the city.
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