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‘My house shall be a house of prayer’: Regarding the Temple as a Place of Prayer in Acts within the Context of Luke’s Apologetical Objective

The Norwegian Lutheran School of Theology, Box 5144, Majorstua, N-0302 Oslo, NorwayGeir.O.Holmas{at}mf.no

The prominent role of prayer, as well as the temple, in Luke’s double work has often been highlighted by scholars who are concerned with Luke–Acts as a literary and theological project. However, the problems related to the temple as a place of prayer have rarely been raised in this context. The present article seeks to address this issue within the context of Luke’s story-world and overall agenda. The thesis of this article is that Acts’ narrative presentation of the temple as a place of prayer is a part of the general apologetical strategy of Luke–Acts; it is a part of Luke’s attempt to define the Christian church vis-à-vis Judaism, which involves stressing both continuity and discontinuity.

Journal for the Study of the New Testament, Vol. 27, No. 4, 393-416 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0142064X05055746


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