{ "item_title" : "Philip, a Collaborative Forerunner of Peter and Paul", "item_author" : [" T. Yamanaka "], "item_description" : "This thesis, employing the narrative approach andespecially the analysis of the literary treatment of the relationships of Philipwith other characters, tries to prove that Philip is given a unique role inActs, that of a collaborative forerunner of Peter and Paul. In Acts 6,1-7, Philip is presented by the telling of the narrator asone of the seven and a person full of the Holy Spirit, wisdom, and faith. By theshowing, Philip is identified as an appropriate minister of the circle, of theapostles, and of the Holy Spirit. In 6,8-8,3, as parallel descriptionscan be found between Stephen in Jerusalem and Philip in Samaria, Philipfunctions as a forerunner of the scattered Christians, as Stephen does. In8,4-25, Philip can be recognized as a defacto collaborator with Peter.The synkrisis of Philipwith Stephen and that with Simon Magus show Philip as a prophetic messenger ofJesus, like Stephen, and as an apologetic miracle worker of God, unlike Simonthe magician. In 8,26-40, Philip appears as a minister of evangelization andbaptism. Philip can also be identified as an interpreter of the Bible, likeJesus (Luke 24,13-35), and as a defacto collaborator of Peter (Acts 9,32-48), who comesto the same region where Philip evangelized in 8,40. In 21,1-16, Philip ispresented by the showing of the narrator as a possible founder of the Christiancircle in Caesarea and as a collaborator and forerunner of Paul. While Paul, theformer Saul, persecuted Philip, who then needed to flee from the suffering inJerusalem, Philip now receives Paul, who goes up to face the suffering awaitinghim in Jerusalem. Philip is given extradiegetic functions, too, inviting thereader to engage in evangelical activities with joy and boldness and to realizehow to live under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers1.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/125/986/9791259860064_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "48.00", "online_price" : "48.00", "our_price" : "48.00", "club_price" : "48.00", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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