The Divine In Acts And In Ancient Historiography

Author : Scott Shauf
Publisher : Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781451484779

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The Divine in Acts and in Ancient Historiography by Scott Shauf Pdf

"Scott Shauf compares the portrayal of the divine in Acts with portrayals of the divine in other ancient historiographical writings, the latter including Jewish and wider Greco-Roman historiographical traditions. This book explores especially how the divine is represented as involved in history, the nature of divine retribution, the partiality or impartiality of the divine toward different sets of people, and the portrayal of divine control over seemingly purely natural and human events. Acts is shown to be engaging historiographical traditions of the author's own day but also contributing unique historiographical perspectives."--

Author : John J. Peters
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666724912

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Luke among the Ancient Historians by John J. Peters Pdf

For centuries scholars have analyzed the composition of Luke-Acts presupposing that the reference to "many" accounts in Luke's Preface indicates the written texts which served as the author's primary sources of information. To justify this portrait of Luke as a text-based author, scholars have appealed to analogies with the text-based authors Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Diodorus Siculus, Plutarch, and Arrian. Luke among the Ancient Historians challenges this portrait of Luke's method through surveying the origins and development of ancient Greek historiography in chapters on Herodotus, Thucydides, Polybius, Josephus, and Luke. By focusing on the values and practices of ancient historians, Peters demonstrates not only that ancient authors following the model of Thucydides regarded the testimony of eyewitnesses, as opposed to texts, as the proper sources for historians but that Luke emulated the values, practices, and craft terminology of the contemporary historiographical tradition. Taking seriously the self-presentation of Luke as a reporter of contemporary events who claims to write on the basis of "eyewitnesses from the beginning," and personal investigation, this book argues against analogies with text-based historians who wrote about non-contemporary events and instead situates Luke within a portrait of the values and practices of historians of contemporary events.

Author : Bertil Albrektson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : History
ISBN : UCSC:32106000162757

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History and the Gods by Bertil Albrektson Pdf

Author : Edouard Dujardin
Publisher : Health Research Books
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1993-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0787303003

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Ancient History of the God Jesus by Edouard Dujardin Pdf

1938 Contents: a Man among Men, a God among Gods, the Expiatory Sacrifice, the Crucifixion a Sacrificial Rite, the Sacred Drama of the Yeard A.D. 27, Christian Origins, the Ancient Religion of Jesus, the First Christian Gerneation Enters on the Scene, T.

Author : Daniel Marguerat
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2002-09-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781139436304

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The First Christian Historian by Daniel Marguerat Pdf

As the first historian of Christianity, Luke's reliability is vigorously disputed among scholars. The author of the Acts is often accused of being a biased, imprecise, and anti-Jewish historian who created a distorted portrait of Paul. Daniel Marguerat tries to avoid being caught in this true/false quagmire when examining Luke's interpretation of history. Instead he combines different tools - reflection upon historiography, the rules of ancient historians and narrative criticism - to analyse the Acts and gauge the historiographical aims of their author. Marguerat examines the construction of the narrative, the framing of the plot and the characterization, and places his evaluation firmly in the framework of ancient historiography, where history reflects tradition and not documentation. This is a fresh and original approach to the classic themes of Lucan theology: Christianity between Jerusalem and Rome, the image of God, the work of the Spirit, the unity of Luke and the Acts.

Author : Samson Uytanlet
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 316153090X

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Luke-Acts and Jewish Historiography by Samson Uytanlet Pdf

In this book, Samson Uytanlet states his observation that there is an unnecessary disjunction between Luke's theology and literature in previous studies on Luke-Acts: Luke's theology is typically studied in light of Jewish writings while Luke's literature is studied in relation with Greco-Roman works. The author shows that there are theological, literary, and ideological elements that ancient Greco-Roman and Jewish writings share which are also present in Luke's work. In areas where they diverge, however, Luke-Acts shows closer affinity to Jewish writings.

Author : Stefana Dan Laing
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493406678

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Retrieving History (Evangelical Ressourcement) by Stefana Dan Laing Pdf

This volume introduces the early Christian ideas of history and history writing and shows their value for developing Christian communities of the patristic era. It examines the ways early Christians related and transmitted their history: apologetics, martyrdom accounts, sacred biography, and the genre of church history proper. The book shows that exploring the lives and writings of both men and women of the ancient church helps readers understand how Christian identity is rooted in the faithful work of preceding generations. It also offers a corrective to the individualistic and ahistorical tendencies within contemporary Christianity.

Author : Clare K. Rothschild
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Acts of Thomas
ISBN : 3161482034

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Luke-Acts and the Rhetoric of History by Clare K. Rothschild Pdf

Revised thesis (Ph.D.)- -University of Chicago, Chicago, 2003.

Author : Thomas Harrison
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 0199253552

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Divinity and History by Thomas Harrison Pdf

This work places Herodotus' religious beliefs at the centre of his conception of history, but by seeing instances of scepticism and of belief in relation to one another redresses the recent emphasis on the centrality of ritual.

Author : Rieuwerd Buitenwerf,Harm W. Hollander,Johannes Tromp
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004170339

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Jesus, Paul, and Early Christianity by Rieuwerd Buitenwerf,Harm W. Hollander,Johannes Tromp Pdf

This collection of essays by leading experts in New Testament scholarship addresses core themes in the study of early Christianity. The topics addressed include text-critical issues relating to the New Testament, the historical situation in which the earliest Christian documents were composed, early Christian rituals, historical questions concerning Jesus and Paul, and the origin and development of important theological ideas in the early Church. This volume is dedicated to Henk Jan de Jonge (Emeritus Professor in the New Testament, Leiden University) in honour of his important contributions to the field of New Testament Studies.

Author : Mark J. Boda,Lissa Wray Beal
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781575066899

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Prophets, Prophecy, and Ancient Israelite Historiography by Mark J. Boda,Lissa Wray Beal Pdf

The 18 essays by members of the Canadian Society for Biblical Studies published in this volume showcase the work of leading authorities on ancient Israelite and Jewish historiography as it intersects with the phenomenon of prophecy. A deep divide exists between the traditions of historiography and prophecy in the academic study of the Hebrew Bible, and the concern of the contributors is to close that gap, to expose the close relationship between these two traditions in the literature of the Hebrew Bible. The first section of the book explores prophecy and prophets in ancient Israelite and Jewish historiographic books (Torah, Deuteronomistic History, Chronicles, Ezra–Nehemiah, Second Temple Jewish historiography). The second section surveys historiography in Israelite and Jewish prophetic books (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Book of the Twelve, Daniel, 1 Enoch). The contributors engage diverse methodological perspectives in these studies, the goal first being to show the role that the prophets played within the great Hebrew historiographic works and, second, to demonstrate the role that historiography plays within the great Hebrew prophetic works; this makes it clear that the influence is bidirectional. Prophets, Prophecy, and Ancient Israelite Historiography will be of value for advanced students and scholars working on historiographic and prophetic materials in the ancient Israelite and Jewish traditions, featuring the best of research and analysis and interacting with many major ancient literary traditions of historiography and prophecy.

Author : John M. Duncan
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 741 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004524057

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Rhetorical Adaptation in the Greek Historians, Josephus, and Acts vol II by John M. Duncan Pdf

A detailed comparative analysis of speaker-audience interactions in Greek historiography, Josephus, and Acts that examines historians’ use of speeches as a means of instructing/persuading their readers and highlights Luke’s distinctive depiction of the apostles as adaptable yet frequently alienating orators.

Author : Roland Deines
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 3161521811

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Acts of God in History by Roland Deines Pdf

10 of 11 contributions were published previously (4 in German, 6 in English).

Author : Craig S. Keener
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532684128

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Between History and Spirit by Craig S. Keener Pdf

Craig Keener is known for his meticulous work on New Testament backgrounds, but especially his detailed work on the book of Acts. Now, for the first time in book form, Cascade presents his key essays on Acts, with special focus on historical questions and matters related to God's Spirit.

Author : Ben Witherington (III)
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1996-05-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780521495202

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History, Literature, and Society in the Book of Acts by Ben Witherington (III) Pdf

These seminal essays introduce the reader to the interdisciplinary approach of New Testament scholarship which is affecting the way the Book of Acts is studied and interpreted. Insights from the social sciences, narratological studies, Greek and Roman rhetoric and history, and classics, set the Acts of the Apostles in its original historical, literary and social context; these methods of interpretation have not always been applied to biblical study in a systematic way. The discussions from a shared general perspective range over genre and method, historical and theological problems, and issues of literary criticism. History, Literature and Society in the Book of Acts is an interesting and valuable overview of some of the chief preoccupations of biblical studies with contributions from leading scholars in the Old and New Testaments and the history of antiquity.