Luke Acts And Jewish Historiography

Author : Samson Uytanlet
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
ISBN 13 : 9783161530906
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Luke-Acts and Jewish Historiography written by Samson Uytanlet and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Gregory Sterling
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004266941
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historiography and Self-Definition written by Gregory Sterling and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-04-03 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries scholars have recognized the apologetic character of the Hellenistic Jewish historians, Josephos, and Luke-Acts; they have not, however, adequately addressed their possible relationships to each other and to their wider cultures. In this first full systematic effort to set these authors within the framework of Greco-Roman traditions, Professor Sterling has used genre criticism as a method for locating a distinct tradition of historical writing, apologetic historiography. Apologetic historiography is the story of a subgroup of people which deliberately Hellenizes the traditions of the group in an effort to provide a self-definition within the context of the larger world. It arose as a result of a dialectic relationship with Greek ethnography. This work traces the evolution of this tradition through three major eras of eastern Mediterranean history spanning six hundred years: the Persian, the Greek, and the Roman.

Author : Donald Juel
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Luke-Acts written by Donald Juel and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Juel demands that Christians interpret Luke-Acts together within the framework of the Jewish crisis literature out of which they came. His hypothesis is that the best approach to understanding Luke-Acts is to study them as a single entity from the perspective of the literary dimension of New Testament texts. His reappraisal of Luke-Acts is sensitive to the historical concerns as well as the literary concerns. He provides a comprehensive treatment showing how the two books are intricately and integrally connected." --

Author : Joseph B. Tyson
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 9781570033346
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Luke, Judaism, and the Scholars written by Joseph B. Tyson and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This survey of the history of critical scholarship on the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles draws particular attention to the interpretation of Luke's treatment of Jews and Judaism. It notes that the Holocaust was a major turning point in the history of New Testament scholarship.

Author : J. Andrew Cowan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567684040
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Writings of Luke and the Jewish Roots of the Christian Way written by J. Andrew Cowan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: J. Andrew Cowan challenges the popular theory that Luke sought to boost the cultural status of the early Christian movement by emphasising its Jewish roots – associating the new church with an ancient and therefore respected heritage. Cowan instead argues that Luke draws upon the traditions of the Old Testament and its supporting texts as a reassurance to Christians, promising that Jesus' life, his works and the church that follow legitimately provide fulfilment of God's salvific plan. Cowan's argument compares Luke's writings to two near-contemporaries, Dionysius of Halicarnassus and T. Flavius Josephus, both of whom emphasized the ancient heritage of a people with cultural or political aims in view, exploring how the writings of Luke do not reflect the same cultural values or pursue the same ends. Challenging assumptions on Luke's supposed attempts to assuage political concerns, capitalize on antiquity, and present Christianity as an inner-Jewish sect, Cowan counters with arguments for Luke being critical of over-valuing tradition and defining the Jewish people as resistant to God and His messages. Cowan concludes with the argument that the apostle does not strive for legitimisation of the new church by previous cultural standards, but instead provides theological reassurance to Christians that God's plan has been fulfilled, with implications for broader debate.

Author : Clare K. Rothschild
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
ISBN 13 : 9783161482038
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Luke-Acts and the Rhetoric of History written by Clare K. Rothschild and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 2004 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised thesis (Ph.D.)- -University of Chicago, Chicago, 2003.

Author : Gregory E. Sterling
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467465887
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shaping the Past to Define the Present written by Gregory E. Sterling and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2023-03-28 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncovering ancient texts and rethinking early Christian identity with the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles Shaping the Past to Define the Present comprises both new and revised essays by esteemed New Testament scholar Gregory E. Sterling on Jewish and early Christian historiography. A sequel to his seminal work, Historiography and Self-Definition, this volume expands on Sterling’s reading of Luke-Acts in the context of contemporary Jewish and Greek historiography. These systematically arranged essays comprise his new and revised contributions to the field of biblical studies, exploring: the genre of apologetic historiography exemplified by Josephus and Eusebius the context of Josephus’s work within a larger tradition of Eastern historiography the initial composition and circulation of Luke and Acts the relationship of Luke-Acts to the Septuagint the interpretation of the Diaspora in Luke-Acts the structure of salvation history as it is manifested in Luke-Acts Socratic influences on Luke’s portrayal of Jesus’s death the early Jerusalem Christian community as depicted in Acts compared with other Hellenized Eastern traditions such as Egyptian priests and Indian sages the establishment of Christianity’s “socially respectability” as a guiding purpose in Luke-Acts Engaging with current critical frameworks, Sterling offers readers a comprehensive analysis of early Christian self-definition through Judeo-Christian historiography.

Author : Robert Lawson Brawley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Luke-Acts and the Jews written by Robert Lawson Brawley and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kenneth D. Litwak
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780567030252
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Echoes of Scripture in Luke-Acts written by Kenneth D. Litwak and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2005-03-07 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Litwak challenges previous studies of the use of the Old Testament in Luke-Acts as inadequate. In contrast to previous studies that consider only quotations or obvious allusions, he examines intertextual echoes of the Old Testament at strategic points in Luke-Acts, as well as quotations and allusions and echoed traditions. Thus, this study's database is larger. Previous studies generally argue that Luke's use of the Scriptures is in the service of christology. This leads to the exclusion of scriptural citations, such as those of the temptation (Luke 4.1-13) which have different emphases. Litwak views ecclesiology as the overall purpose behind Luke's use of the Old Testament, but he does not skip or avoid intertextual references that may lie outside an ecclesiological function. Whilst other studies contend that Luke uses the Old Testament according to a promise-fulfillment/proof-form-prophecy hermeneutic, Litwak argues that this fails to account for many of the intertextual references. Other studies often subsume all of Luke's use of the Scriptures of Israel under one theme, such as the 'New Exodus', but this study does not require that every intertextual echo maps to a specific theme. Rather, the many intertextual references in strategic texts at the beginning, middle and end of Luke-Acts, and Luke's use of the texts, are allowed to dictate the 'themes' to which they relate. JSNTS 282

Author : David Lenz Tiede
Publisher : Augsburg Fortress Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prophecy and History in Luke-Acts written by David Lenz Tiede and published by Augsburg Fortress Publishing. This book was released on 1980 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: