Persuasion and Force in Acts: A Response to C. Kavin Rowe

The present study explores the dynamic of persuasion and force in Acts in the context of Greco-Roman and Jewish political thought, with special reference to 4 Maccabees. It also constitutes a response to C. Kavin Rowe's argument for two closely related points, namely, that Acts rejects statecra...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Edsall, Benjamin A. 1982- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: Association [2016]
In: The catholic biblical quarterly
Year: 2016, Volume: 78, Issue: 3, Pages: 483-499
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Acts of the Apostles / Maccabean books 4. / State art / Compulsion / Conviction
IxTheo Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
HC New Testament
HD Early Judaism
RB Church office; congregation
Further subjects:B DURESS (Law)
B Violence
B Attitudes
B Persuasion (Psychology)
B ancient political discourse
B Romans
B political force
B History
B Coercion
B Greeks
B Persuasion
B ROWE, C. Kavin
B JEWS' attitudes
B 4 Maccabees
B Jews Political activity
B Rhetoric
B Maccabees
B Acts of the Apostles
B Acts
Parallel Edition:Electronic