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| Genre/Form: | Aufsatzsammlung |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Erscheint auch als: Online-Ausgabe, PDF |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Frank Dicken; Julia A Snyder |
| ISBN: | 9780567681201 0567681203 9780567663917 0567663914 |
| OCLC Number: | 1036305298 |
| Notes: | First published in Great Britain 2016. |
| Description: | X, 254 Seiten : Illustrationen |
| Contents: | PrefaceAcknowledgementsContentsIntroduction - Frank Dicken, Lincoln Christian University, USA and Julia Snyder, Humboldt Universitat, GermanyPart 1: The Gospel of LukeChapter 1. The Woman Who Crashed Simon's Party: A Reader-Response Approach to Luke 7:36-50, James L. Resseguie, Winebrenner Theological Seminary, USAChapter 2. Levi's Banquet (Lk 5.39-39) and Lukan Discipleship: Group Characters and Christian Identity Formation, John A. Darr, Boston College, USAChapter 3. Zechariah and Gabriel as Thematic Characters: A Narratological Reading of the Beginning of Luke's Gospel (Luke 1.8-20), Hannah M. Cocksworth, King Edward's School, UK Chapter 4. The Characterization of the Two Brothers in the Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15.11-32): Their Function and Afterlives, David B. Gowler, Oxford College of Emory University, USAChapter 5. A Woman's Touch: Manual and Emotional Dynamics of Female Characters in Luke's Gospel, F. Scott Spencer, Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, USAChapter 6. The Rich Are the Bad Guys: Lukan Characters and Wealth Ethics, Cornelis Bennema, Union School of Theology, UKChapter 7. A Cognitive Narratological Approach to the Characterization(s) of Zacchaeus, Joel B. Green, Fuller Theological Seminary, USAPart 2: The Acts of the ApostlesChapter 8. Jesus, Present and/or Absent? The Presence and presentation of Jesus as a Character in the Book of Acts, Steve Walton, St Mary's University, UKChapter 9. Sight and Spectacle: 'Seeing' Paul in the Book of Acts, Brittany E. Wilson, Duke University Divinity School, USAChapter 10. The Characterization of Disciples in Acts: Genre, Method and Quality, Sean A. Adams, University of Glasgow, UKChapter 11. Sociolinguistic Dynamics and Characterization in the Acts of the Apostles, Julia A. Snyder, Humboldt Universitat, Germany Chapter 12. Simeon in Acts 15.14 Simon Peter and Echoes of Simeons Past, Stephen E. Fowl, Loyola University Maryland, USAChapter 13. Herod As Jesus' Executioner: Possibilities in Lukan Reception and Wirkungsgeschichte, Frank E. Dicken, Lincoln Christian University, USABibliography |
| Series Title: | Library of New Testament studies, 548. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Frank E. Dicken and Julia A. Snyder. |
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...the contents of each essay in this volume are of a high caliber and worthy of consideration... The diversity of methodological approaches, perspectives, and literary insights make this volume a helpful and valuable contribution to scholarship on Luke-Acts. * Biblical Theology Bulletin * The volume offers a useful primer in possible methods in approaching characterization, with a set of worked examples, along with a useful up-to-date bibliography. * The Expository Times * The volume is a very welcome companion to those in the same series devoted previously to John and to Mark. * Journal for the Study of the New Testament * This collection of essays is in the third volume in a series of literary-critical studies on characters and characterization in the NT...Luke-Acts is of particular interest in this quest because of its sheer length and because it contains some of the most famous and memorable characters in the NT. * The Catholic Biblical Quarterly * Read more...
