Household conversion narratives in Acts: pattern and interpretation
Using features of the narrative-critical method, this book offers an innovative approach to a notable phenomenon in the book of Acts: the conversion of entire households to the Christian faith. When viewed against the household mission of the seventy(-two) messengers in Luke, the stories of Corneliu...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Sheffield
Sheffield Academic Press
c 1996
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Journal for the study of the New Testament / Supplement series (123)
Year: 1996 |
| Reviews: | , in: EvQ 69 (1997) 349-351 (Marshall, I. Howard) , in: CBQ 60 (1998) 165-167 (Balch, David L.) , in: CritRR 10 (1997) 194-196 (Brawley, Robert L.) |
| Series/Journal: | Journal for the study of the New Testament / Supplement series
123 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Acts of the Apostles
/ Luke
/ Household
/ Family
/ Conversion
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Conversion
Biblical teaching
B Conversion Biblical teaching B Bible N.T Acts Criticism, interpretation, etc B Family B Thesis B Bible. Acts Criticism, interpretation, etc B Conversion B Acts of the Apostles B Mission (international law |
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| Summary: | Using features of the narrative-critical method, this book offers an innovative approach to a notable phenomenon in the book of Acts: the conversion of entire households to the Christian faith. When viewed against the household mission of the seventy(-two) messengers in Luke, the stories of Cornelius, Lydia, the Roman jailer and Crispus comprise a pattern of evangelistic activity that provides a common framework for their interpretation. Repetition and variation of the pattern offer important clues for the way each story functions within the wider context of Acts, opening up new lines of interpretation as well as new levels of unity/disunity between the Lukan writings. |
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| ISBN: | 1850755868 |