Many convincing proofs : persuasive phenomena associated with gospel proclamation in Acts / Stephen S. Liggins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Liggins, Stephen S., author.

Series:

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fr die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft ; Volume 221.

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fr die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft ; Volume 221

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Acts--Commentaries.

Bible.

Christianity and other religions--Greek.

Christianity and other religions.

Evangelistic work--Biblical teaching.

Evangelistic work.

Persuasion (Rhetoric)--History--To 1500.

Persuasion (Rhetoric).

Proselytizing--Judaism.

Proselytizing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (334 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

While there have been various studies examining the contents of the evangelistic proclamation in Acts; and various studies examining, from one angle or another, individual persuasive phenomena described in Acts (e.g., the use of the Jewish Scriptures); no individual studies have sought to identify the key persuasive phenomena presented by Luke in this book, or to analyse their impact upon the book’s early audiences. This study identifies four key phenomena – the Jewish Scriptures, witnessed supernatural events, the Christian community and Greco-Roman cultural interaction. By employing a textual analysis of Acts that takes into account both narrative and socio-historical contexts, the impact of these phenomena upon the early audiences of Acts – that is, those people who heard or read the narrative in the first decades after its completion – is determined. The investigation offers some unique and nuanced insights into evangelistic proclamation in Acts; persuasion in Acts, persuasion in the ancient world; each of the persuasive phenomena discussed; evangelistic mission in the early Christian church; and the growth of the early Christian church.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgements

Contents

Note on references and style

Abbreviations

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Early audiences and their perception of Acts

Chapter 3: Jewish and Greco-Roman persuasive religious communication

Chapter 4: Persuasive phenomena associated with evangelistic ministry in Acts 1–12

Chapter 5: Persuasive phenomena associated with evangelistic ministry in Acts 13–28

Chapter 6: Impact upon early audiences of Acts – Part 1: Phenomena, contexts and influence

Chapter 7: Impact upon early audiences of Acts – Part 2: The ongoing mission

Chapter 8: Conclusion

Tables

Bibliography

Index of ancient texts

Index of modern authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 4, 2016).

ISBN:

9783110460193

311046019X

9783110460377

3110460378

OCLC:

945365895