The Double Entendre of Paul’s Trade as skēnopoiós (Acts 18:3): Working for Israel’s Restoration in the Greco-Roman World
The word σκηνοποιός (Acts 18:3), a hapax legomenon, has been the subject of intense scrutiny because it may disclose the socio-economic nature of Paul’s trade. However, attempts to reconstruct historically his trade have not confidently identified its accurate historical reference. Since this diffic...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2022
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Novum Testamentum
Year: 2022, Volume: 64, Issue: 1, Pages: 36-53 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Apostelgeschichte 18,3
/ Paul Apostle
/ Profession
/ Tent-maker
/ skēnopoios
/ Restoration
/ Israel (Theology)
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
etymological wordplay
B Paul’s trade B Israel’s restoration B σκηνοποιός B tent-making B double entendre |
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| Summary: | The word σκηνοποιός (Acts 18:3), a hapax legomenon, has been the subject of intense scrutiny because it may disclose the socio-economic nature of Paul’s trade. However, attempts to reconstruct historically his trade have not confidently identified its accurate historical reference. Since this difficulty derives from Luke’s choice of vocabulary—he uses a word that is very rare in the canon of Greco-Roman literature—this study attends to the word’s rhetorical setting that may explain Luke’s lexical choice. This choice would enhance the word’s symbolic value although weakening its referential value. Σκηνοποιός is plausibly an instance of Lukan etymological wordplay that draws on the continued symbolism of σκηνή in Luke-Acts—a term that captures Luke’s restoration eschatology. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5365 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Novum Testamentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685365-bja10005 |