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Strange Acts : studies in the cultural world of the Acts of the Apostles / Rick Strelan.

DGBA Theology and Religious Studies 2000 - 2014 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Strelan, Rick, author.
Series:
Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche ; Band 126.
Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche ; Band 126
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Bible. Acts--Commentaries.
Bible.
Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (353 p.)
Edition:
Reprint 2014
Place of Publication:
Berlin, [Gemany] ; New York, [New York] : Walter De Gruyter, 2004.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Der Band untersucht befremdliche Begebenheiten in der Apostelgeschichte innerhalb des Kontextes der hellenistischen Welt und aus deren Perspektive: Jesu Himmelfahrt, Führungen durch den Geist, Visionen, Angelophanien, Gefängnisausbrüche und Totenauferweckungen. Viele dieser Begebenheiten werden von der Forschung entweder übergangen, oder sie werden mit einem anderen Ziel interpretiert als dem, diese Erzählungen zu verstehen. Die vorliegende Untersuchung liest die Erzählungen aus dem Blickwinkel der ursprünglichen Zuhörerschaft, die mit der Septuaginta und mit anderen griechischen und lateinischen Schriften bestens vertraut war. Die kulturell befremdlichen Begebenheiten werden dann vor dem Hintergrund dieser Texte interpretiert.
This book examines many of the strange events and actions in Acts in the context of the Hellenistic world and from that perspective. These events and actions include the ascension of Jesus, direction by the Spirit, visions, angelophanies, prison escapes and resuscitations of the dead. Many of these events are either avoided in scholarship or are investigated with an agenda other than to understand them for themselves. The book constructs an ancient audience to be one that has a close familiarity with the Septuagint and with other Greek and Latin writings. The culturally-strange events are then interpreted through the lens of these texts.
Contents:
Front matter
Foreword
Table of Contents
Abbreviations of Periodicals and Reference Works
Chapter 1. 'Tis a Strange World
Chapter 2. Up, Up, and Away?
Chapter 3. Spirit Matters
Chapter 4. On the Side of the Angels
Chapter 5. Seeing Things
Chapter 6. The Power of Bodies and Words
Chapter 7. Raising the Dead
Chapter 8. Great Prison Escapes
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index of References
Index of Modem Authors
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebary, viewed February 23, 3016).
ISBN:
9783110907179
3110907178
OCLC:
924041763

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