History, biography, and the genre of Luke-Acts: an exploration of literary divergence in Greek narrative discourse
Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Tables and Figures -- Abbreviations -- Genre and Method in Luke-Acts Research -- Identifying Greek History and Biography -- Topical Focus and Participant Identification -- Frames I: Initiations and Commencements -- Frames II: Self-I...
| Summary: | Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Tables and Figures -- Abbreviations -- Genre and Method in Luke-Acts Research -- Identifying Greek History and Biography -- Topical Focus and Participant Identification -- Frames I: Initiations and Commencements -- Frames II: Self-Identification and Genealogies -- Time Management and Authentication Strategies -- The Genre of Luke-Acts -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Index of Ancient Authors -- Index of Modern Authors. Unlike contemporary literary-linguistic configurations of genre, current methodologies for the study of the Gospel genre are designed only to target genre similarities not genre differences . This basic oversight results in the convoluted discussion we witness in Lukan genre study today. Each recent treatment of the genre of Luke-Acts represents a distinct effort to draw parallels between Luke-Acts and a specific (or multiple) literary tradition(s). These studies all underestimate the role of literary divergence in genre analysis, leveraging much—if not, all—of their case on literary proximity . This monograph will show how attention to literary divergence from a number of angles may bring resolution to the increasingly complex discussions of the genre(s) of Luke-Acts |
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| ISBN: | 9004406549 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004406544 |