The Biblical tour of hell Matthew Ryan Hauge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hauge, Matthew Ryan, author.

Series:

Library of New Testament studies ; 485.

Library of New Testament studies 485

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rich man and Lazarus (Parable).

Hell.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 pages)

Place of Publication:

London Bloomsbury 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"It is difficult to underestimate the significance of the story of the Rich Man and Lazarus in Luke 16:19-31 within the biblical tradition. Although hell occupies a prominent position in popular Christian rhetoric today, it plays a relatively minor role in the Christian canon. The most important biblical texts that explicitly describe the fate of the dead are in the Synoptic Gospels. Yet among these passages, only the Lukan tradition is intent on explicitly describing the abode of the dead; it is the only biblical tour of hell. Hauge examines the story of the Rich Man and Lazarus in Luke 16:19-31, uniquely the only 'parable' that is set within a supernatural context. The parables characteristically feature concrete realities of first-century Mediterranean life, but the majority of Luke 16:19-31 is narrated from the perspective of the tormented dead. This volume demonstrates that the distinctive features of the story of the Rich Man and Lazarus are the result of a strategic imitation, creative transformation, and Christian transvaluation of the descent of Odysseus into the house of hades in Odyssey Book 11, the literary model par excellence of postmortem revelation in antiquity."--Bloomsbury Publishing

It is difficult to underestimate the significance of the story of the Rich Man and Lazarus in Luke 16:19-31 within the biblical tradition. Although hell occupies a prominent position in popular Christianrhetoric today, it plays a relatively minor role in the Christian canon. The most important biblical texts that explicitly describe the fate of the dead are in the Synoptic Gospels. Yet among these passages, only the Lukan tradition is intent on explicitly describing the abode of the dead; it is the only biblical tour of hell. Hauge examines the story of the Rich Man and Lazarus in Luke 16:19-31, uniquely the only 'parable' that is set within a supernatural context. The parables characteristically feature concrete realities of first-century Mediterranean life, but the majority of Luke 16:19-31 is narrated from the perspective of the tormented dead. This volume demonstrates that the distinctive features of the story of the Rich Man and Lazarus are the result of a strategic imitation, creative transformation, and Christian transvaluation of the descent of Odysseus into the house of hades in Odyssey Book 11, the literary model par excellence of postmortem revelation in antiquity

Contents:

Part I. Introduction

Part II. The Hypnosis of Hugo Gressmann

1. Introduction

2. Modern Parable Studies

3. The American Shift

4. Re-Casting the Comparative Net

5. Conclusion

Part III. Mimesis Criticism and Early Christian Narrative

6. Introduction

7. The Literary Context of the Gospel of Luke

8. Greco-Roman Education and the Shadow of the Bard

9. Literary Mimesis and Ancient Composition

10. Mimesis Criticism and Early Christian Narrative

11. Conclusion

Part IV. The Tours of Hell Tradition

12. Introduction

13. The Homeric Tour of Hell

14. Post-Homeric Tours of Hell

15. Conclusion

Part V. The Biblical Tour of Hell

16. Introduction

17. The Literary Context of the Rich Man and Lazarus

18. Luke 16:19-31 and Odyssey 11.1-640

19. Conclusion

Part VI. Conclusion

Notes:

Revised version of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Claremont Graduate University, 2011, presented under the title: A biblical tour of hell : the parable of Dives and Lazarus.

Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN:

9781472550859

1472550854

9780567604965

0567604969

OCLC:

1046061496