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| Title: "You teach all the Jews ... to forsake Moses, telling them no to ... observe the customs" (Acts 21:21; cf. 6:14) Secondary Title: SBL.SPS Volume: 32 Pages: 369-383 Type: Journal Article Year: 1993 Abstract: "Jewish ""customs"" and controversies about them figure prominently in the book of Acts, as customs do in other ancient historiography, e.g. Josephus' War and Dionysius 's Roman History. Official Roman policy promoted each nation preserving its own, ancient customs and allowing other people to practice theirs. The final word of Luke-Acts proclaims that even in Rome, Christian customs were not forbidden. The entire concluding section of Luke-Acts concerns the question of whether Christians preserve the ancient and legitimate customs of Moses." Keywords: New Testament / Early Christianity |