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Rhetorical Texture and Narrative Trajectories of the Lukan Galilean Ministry Speeches

Author : Patrick Spencer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2007-04-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567648457

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Rhetorical Texture and Narrative Trajectories of the Lukan Galilean Ministry Speeches by Patrick Spencer Pdf

Varying degrees of attention are paid to Jesus' four speeches in the Galilean ministry of the Gospel of Luke. Despite increasing interest in ancient Graeco-Roman rhetoric in biblical studies, few scholars examine the speeches from the lens of ancient rhetorical argument. In addition, with the exception of the inaugural speech in Luke 4.14-30, little attention is afforded to the relevance of the speeches for understanding larger nuances of the narrative discourse and how this affects the hermeneutical appropriation of authorial readers. In contrast, Spencer examines each speech from the context of ancient rhetorical argument and pinpoints various narrative trajectories-as associated with theme, plot, characterization, and topoi-that emerge from the rhetorical texture. In doing so, he shows that the four speeches function as "sign posts" that are integral to guiding the Lukan narrative from the "backwaters" of Galilee to the center of the Roman Empire.

Silent Statements

Author : Michal Beth Dinkler
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110331141

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Silent Statements by Michal Beth Dinkler Pdf

Even a brief comparison with its canonical counterparts demonstrates that the Gospel of Luke is preoccupied with the power of spoken words; still, words alone do not make a language. Just as music without silence collapses into cacophony, so speech without silence signifies nothing: silences are the invisible, inaudible cement that hold the entire edifice together. Though scholars across diverse disciplines have analyzed silence in terms of its contexts, sources, and functions, these insights have barely begun to make inroads in biblical studies. Utilizing conceptual tools from narratology and reader-response criticism, this study is an initial exploration of largely uncharted territory – the various ways that narrative intersections of speech and silences function together rhetorically in Luke’s Gospel. Considering speech and silence to be mutually constituted in intricate and inextricable ways, Dinkler demonstrates that attention to both characters’ silences and the narrator’s silences helps to illuminate plot, characterization, theme, and readerly experience in Luke’s Gospel. Focusing on both speech and silence reveals that the Lukan narrator seeks to shape readers into ideal witnesses who use speech and silence in particular ways; Luke can be read as an early Christian proclamation – not only of the gospel message – but also of the proper ways to use speech and silence in light of that message. Thus, we find that speech and silence are significant matters of concern within the Lukan story and that speech and silence are significant tools used in its telling.

The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Narrative

Author : Danna Fewell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190627249

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The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Narrative by Danna Fewell Pdf

Comprised of contributions from scholars across the globe, The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Narrative is a state-of-the-art anthology, offering critical treatments of both the Bible's narratives and topics related to the Bible's narrative constructions. The Handbook covers the Bible's narrative literature, from Genesis to Revelation, providing concise overviews of literary-critical scholarship as well as innovative readings of individual narratives informed by a variety of methodological approaches and theoretical frameworks. The volume as a whole combines literary sensitivities with the traditional historical and sociological questions of biblical criticism and puts biblical studies into intentional conversation with other disciplines in the humanities. It reframes biblical literature in a way that highlights its aesthetic characteristics, its ethical and religious appeal, its organic qualities as communal literature, its witness to various forms of social and political negotiation, and its uncanny power to affect readers and hearers across disparate time-frames and global communities.

Soldiers in Luke-Acts

Author : Laurie Brink
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 3161531639

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Soldiers in Luke-Acts by Laurie Brink Pdf

The author of Luke-Acts constructs a portrait of the Roman military that relies on a variety of literary stereotypes, anticipating that his authorial audience, familiar with the stereotypes, will bring their experience to bear in the process of more fully characterizing the soldiers. Expecting their antipathy, Luke upsets his authorial audience's expectations. Laurie Brink demonstrates that the soldiers, in fact, do not wholly live up to their bad reputations. Engaging, contradicting and transcending the literary stereotypes, Luke creates a progressive portrait of the Roman soldier that demonstrates the attitudes and actions of a good disciple, and that serves as a critique of the authorial audience's original response.

Herod as a Composite Character in Luke-Acts

Author : Frank Dicken
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 3161532546

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Herod as a Composite Character in Luke-Acts by Frank Dicken Pdf

"Were the three rulers with the name "Herod" in Luke-Acts a composite character? Frank Dicken explores their narrative similarities and interprets them as a single character in light of other examples of conflation in Jewish and early Christian literature."--Provided by publisher.

Rethinking the Acceptable Year

Author : Christopher James Luthy
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532684715

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Rethinking the Acceptable Year by Christopher James Luthy Pdf

The biblical Jubilee has enjoyed increasing prominence in Lukan and missional literature, much of which has been based on suggested Jubilee allusions throughout Luke-Acts (especially Luke 4:16–30). This study questions the presence of such allusions, arguing that the suggested references are better understood within the broader and more explicit tradition of the Basileia of God. Every suggested Lukan textual and thematic reference to the Jubilee is examined, with particular attention given to the Nazareth episode (Luke 4:16–30), which is often cited as the most explicit Jubilee reference. The study also addresses some fundamental issues which have informed recent exegeses, including Luke’s use of the term ἄφεσις, the theme of the Basileia of God throughout Luke-Acts, and the importance of Isaiah 61 (both the first-century traditions that may have influenced Luke, as well as how Luke employed the text throughout his two-part work).

Biblical Exegesis without Authorial Intention?

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004379558

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Biblical Exegesis without Authorial Intention? by Anonim Pdf

In Biblical Exegesis without Authorial Intention? Interdisciplinary Approaches to Authorship and Meaning, Clarissa Breu offers contributions with a wide range of approaches to the question of the author in biblical interpretation. The volume is an invitation to revisit this question.

Recognition and the Resurrection Appearances of Luke 24

Author : Alexander P. Thompson
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2023-01-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110773743

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Recognition and the Resurrection Appearances of Luke 24 by Alexander P. Thompson Pdf

How are the resurrection appearances of Luke’s Gospel shaped to offer a climax to the narrative? How does this narrative conclusion compare to the wider ancient literary milieu? Recognition and the Resurrection Appearances of Luke 24 proposes that the ancient literary technique of recognition offers a compelling lens through which to understand the climatic role of the resurrection appearances of Jesus as depicted in Luke 24. After presenting the development of recognition in ancient Jewish and Greco-Roman literature, Thompson demonstrates how Luke 24 deploys the recognition tradition to shape the form and function of the resurrection appearances. The ancient recognition tradition not only casts light on various literary and theological features of the chapter but also shapes the way the appearances function in the wider narrative. By utilizing recognition, Luke 24 generates cognitive, affective, commissive, and hermeneutical functions for the characters internal to the narrative and for the audience. The result is a compelling climax to Luke’s Gospel that resonates with Luke’s wider literary and theological themes. This work offers a compelling analysis of the Luke’s Gospel in the ancient literary context in light of the ancient technique of recognition that will appeal to those interested in narrative approaches to the New Testament or the interpretation of the New Testament in the wider literary milieu.

Finding A Woman's Place

Author : David L. Balch,Jason T. Lamoreaux
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725245174

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Finding A Woman's Place by David L. Balch,Jason T. Lamoreaux Pdf

This stimulating collection of essays by prominent scholars honors Carolyn Osiek. The essays reflect her career and attempt to pay tribute to both the unity and the diversity of her accomplishments. The authors interpret early Christians in their social world and women in early Christianity, with interpretations spanning the New Testament and early church documents. The editors have brought together an international group of scholars. The book includes both a comprehensive bibliography of Osiek's work as well as a brief introduction by the editors reflecting on their experiences with her during her career. Contributors: David Balch Jeremy W. Barrier Terri Bednarz, R.S.M. Laurie Brink, O.P. Warren Carter Adela Yarbro Collins Amy-Jill Levine Margaret Y. MacDonald Jason L. Merritt Halvor Moxnes Barbara Reid, O.P. David Rhoads Donald Senior, C.P. Yancy W. Smith

The Question of John the Baptist and Jesus' Indictment of the Religious Leaders

Author : Roberto Martinez
Publisher : James Clarke & Company
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780227901106

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The Question of John the Baptist and Jesus' Indictment of the Religious Leaders by Roberto Martinez Pdf

The study argues that the tradition in Matthew 11:2-19 and Luke 7:18-35 deserves to be interpreted differently in the Gospel of Luke and explains how Luke integrates John's apparent ignorance of Jesus as well as Jesus' indictment of the religious leaders into his literary scheme. Finally, Martinez shows how Luke puts this tradition about John and Jesus at the service of his theocentric and christological perspectives and offers an alternative explanation to the prevailing interpretation of John's question.

History, Biography, and the Genre of Luke-Acts

Author : Andrew W. Pitts
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004406544

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History, Biography, and the Genre of Luke-Acts by Andrew W. Pitts Pdf

Most studies of the genre of Luke-Acts underestimate the role of literary divergence in genre analysis. This monograph will show how attention to literary divergence may bring resolution to the increasingly complex discussions of the genre(s) of Luke-Acts.

Aluta Continua Biblical Hermeneutics for Liberation

Author : Obvious Vengeyi,Joachim Kügler
Publisher : University of Bamberg Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783863091675

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Aluta Continua Biblical Hermeneutics for Liberation by Obvious Vengeyi,Joachim Kügler Pdf

This book was passed as a PhD thesis at Bayreuth University, Germany. The author challenges African Biblical scholars and Christian leaders to premise Biblical interpretation on the experiences of the often neglected underclasses. The author argues that from a comparative historical, cultural and material methodological point of view, the experiences of the Zimbabwean underclasses whose collective ordeal is represented by the experiences of domestic workers are strikingly similar to those suffered by slaves among other underclasses in the biblical world. In the same way religion was appropriated by the elite to validate oppression of the underclasses in the biblical world, the author shows that since the colonial era, Christianity in Africa, through biblical interpretation among many other tactics has been an influential force on the side of the dominant class to advance their racial, class and gender interests. To date, in Zimbabwe for example, the Bible (and religion in general) is manipulated by the dominant minority to justify and entrench the exploitation of the majority underclasses. On the other hand, the author observes that the history of ancient Israel, Roman colonial Palestine and colonial Zimbabwe evidences that when religion is appropriated (and/or the Bible is read and interpreted) from the historical cultural and material conditions of the underclasses, it can be a valuable resource not only for their mobilization to overthrow oppressive systems but also for justifying their resistance tactics. Aluta Continua!!(The Struggle goes on!!).

Feasting on the Gospels--Luke, Volume 1

Author : Cynthia A. Jarvis,E. Elizabeth Johnson
Publisher : Presbyterian Publishing Corp
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780664235512

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Feasting on the Gospels--Luke, Volume 1 by Cynthia A. Jarvis,E. Elizabeth Johnson Pdf

"Feasting on the Gospels is a new series that follows up on the success of the Feasting of the Word series to provide another trusted preaching resource, this time on the most preached-on books in the Bible, the four Gospels." -- Inside cover

Religion and Social Marginalization in Zimbabwe

Author : Togarasei, Lovemore,Bishau, David,Chitando, Ezra
Publisher : University of Bamberg Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783863097455

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Religion and Social Marginalization in Zimbabwe by Togarasei, Lovemore,Bishau, David,Chitando, Ezra Pdf

"Marginalization means being disregarded, ostracized, harassed, disliked, persecuted, or generally looked down upon. Marginalized people often include women and children, the poor, the disabled, sexual, religious, or ethnic minorities, refugees. The marginalized are those who are socially, politically, culturally, or economically excluded from main-stream society. In history, the Church in Zimbabwe has played a role in improving the lives of the marginalized, but what is religion, especially Christianity, doing for the marginalized now? Although religion is also implicated in marginalisation, the contributions in this volume did not address this angle as they focused on the role that religion can and should play to fight marginalization. The chapters come from two conferences (2012, 2014) that were held under the flag of ATISCA. The contributions have been updated to include later developments and publications"--

Reconciliation, Forgiveness and Violence in Africa

Author : Marius J. Nel,Dion A. Forster,Christo H. Thesnaar
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781928480525

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Reconciliation, Forgiveness and Violence in Africa by Marius J. Nel,Dion A. Forster,Christo H. Thesnaar Pdf

What might reconciliation and forgiveness mean in relation to various forms of personal, structural, and historical violence across the African continent? This volume of essays seeks to engage these complex, and contested, ethical issues from three different disciplinary perspectives – Biblical Studies, Systematic Theology and Practical Theology. Each of the authors reflects on aspects of reconciliation, forgiveness and violence from within their respective African contexts. They do so by employing the tools and resources of their respective disciplines. The end result is a rich and textured set of interdisciplinary theological insights that will help the reader to navigate these issues with a greater measure of understanding and a broader perspective than what a single approach might offer. What is particularly encouraging is that the chapters represent research from established scholars in their fields, recent PhD graduates, and current PhD students. This is the first book to be published under the auspices of the Unit for Reconciliation and Justice in the Beyers Naudé Centre for Public Theology.