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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Van Tilborg, Sjef

Titel

Acts 17:27 - "that they might feel after him and find ... "

Ist Teil von

• Hervormde teologiese studies, 2001-12, Vol.57 (1/2)

Erscheinungsjahr

2001

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The aim of this article is to investigate the allusion to the possibility of touching God ψηλαϕάω in Paul's Areopagus speech (Acts 17:27). The article aims at assessing the Lukan notion of God's nearness in space and time. The Areopagus discourse is investigated against the background of its imbeddednes in the holistic context of Acts. God's nearness is studied in light of common Hellenistic parallel epiphanies. It focuses on dream types in Acts, epiphanies of Jesus, epiphanies of God, and in conclusion the expression ''filled with the Spirit".