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Author: Sean A. Adams
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013-10-17
Total Pages: 335
ISBN-13: 110704104X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUses genre theory to explore the composition and purpose of Acts, concluding that it is a work of collected biography.
Author: Sean A. Adams
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013-10-17
Total Pages: 335
ISBN-13: 1107435579
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt is widely accepted by New Testament scholars that the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles probably originated as two parts of one work by a single author. In spite of this, the books have been assigned to very different genres: Luke is traditionally viewed as a biography of Jesus, and Acts as a history of the early church. Comparing in detail the structure and content of Acts with the formal features of history, novel, epic and biography, Sean A. Adams challenges this division. Applying both ancient and modern genre theory, he argues that the best genre parallel for the Acts of the Apostles is in fact collected biography. Offering a nuanced and sophisticated understanding of genre theory, along with an insightful argument regarding the composition and purpose of Acts, this book will be of interest to those studying the New Testament, Acts, genre theory and ancient literature.
Author: Sean A. Adams
Publisher:
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781107418684
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"It is widely accepted by New Testament scholars that the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles probably originated as two parts of one work by a single author. In spite of this, the books have been assigned to very different genres: Luke is traditionally viewed as a biography of Jesus, and Acts as a history of the early church. Comparing in detail the structure and content of Acts with the formal features of history, novel, epic and biography, Sean Adams challenges this division. Applying both ancient and modern genre theory, he argues that the best genre parallel for the Acts of the Apostles is in fact collected biography. Offering a nuanced and sophisticated understanding of genre theory, along with an insightful argument regarding the composition and purpose of Acts, this book will be of interest to those studying the New Testament, Acts, genre theory and ancient literature"--
Author: P.D. James
Publisher: Canongate Books
Published: 1999-01-01
Total Pages: 93
ISBN-13: 0857861077
DOWNLOAD EBOOKActs is the sequel to Luke's gospel and tells the story of Jesus's followers during the 30 years after his death. It describes how the 12 apostles, formerly Jesus's disciples, spread the message of Christianity throughout the Mediterranean against a background of persecution. With an introduction by P.D. James
Author: Peter Krol
Publisher:
Published: 2022-05-26
Total Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9781949253337
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKnowable Word offers a foundation on why and how to study the Bible. Through a running study Genesis 1, this new edition illustrates how to Observe, Interpret, and Apply the Scripture-and gives the vision behind each step.
Author: Martin Dibelius
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published:
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9781451414189
DOWNLOAD EBOOK- Provides a fresh perspective on the Book of Acts - Editor's foreword highlights the importance of Dibelius's work - Includes updated notes and bibliographies - Indexes of ancient sources and authors
Author: Andrew W. Pitts
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2019-07-15
Total Pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9004406549
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUnlike contemporary literary-linguistic configurations of genre, current methodologies for the study of the Gospel genre are designed only to target genre similarities not genre differences. This basic oversight results in the convoluted discussion we witness in Lukan genre study today. Each recent treatment of the genre of Luke-Acts represents a distinct effort to draw parallels between Luke-Acts and a specific (or multiple) literary tradition(s). These studies all underestimate the role of literary divergence in genre analysis, leveraging much—if not, all—of their case on literary proximity. This monograph will show how attention to literary divergence from a number of angles may bring resolution to the increasingly complex discussions of the genre(s) of Luke-Acts.
Author: Mark Harding
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 425
ISBN-13: 0802875157
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInto All the World--the third volume from editors Mark Harding and Alanna Nobbs on the content and social setting of the New Testament--brings together a team of eminent Australian scholars in ancient history, New Testament, and the early church to take the story of Christianity into the Jewish and Greco- Roman world of the first century. In thirteen chapters, the contributors discuss all the post-Pauline New Testament writings, devoting attention to both their content and their context. They examine the impact of the growth of the church on both Jews and Gentiles, exploring issues such as the diaspora, minorities, the Book of Acts, and the Fourth Gospel. The book then proceeds to a discussion of the impact of Christianity on the Roman state, including consideration of the book of Revelation and the imperial cult. A final chapter investigates how the church was perceived by Clement of Rome at the end of the first century.
Author: Richard A. Burridge
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1995-05-11
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780521483636
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCompares the work of the evangelists to the development of biography in the Graeco-Roman world
Author: David John McCollough
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2022-09-19
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 3161618335
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