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Plots of epiphany : prison-escape in Acts of the Apostles / John B. Weaver.
LIBRA BS410 .Z7 Hft.131
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weaver, John B.
- Series:
- Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche ; Bd. 131.
- Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche ; Bd. 131
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Acts--Criticism, Form.
- Bible.
- Bible. Acts.
- Miracles--Comparative studies.
- Miracles.
- Escapes--Mythology--Comparative studies.
- Escapes.
- Myth in the Bible.
- Mythology.
- Genre:
- Comparative studies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 335 pages; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, [2004]
- Contents:
- Prison-escape and myth-criticism
- Epiphanic rescue from prison in ancient myth and history
- Beginning from Jerusalem : prison-escape and the mythopoesis of Christian origins in Acts 1-7
- Rescue and regicide : the poetics and politics of group validation in Acts 12
- A door of faith opened to the Gentiles : prison epiphany and cult foundation in Acts 16.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 3110182661
- OCLC:
- 56614171
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