Luke Acts And The End Of History

Author : P.D. James
Publisher : Canongate Books
ISBN 13 : 0857861077
Total Pages : 93 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Acts of the Apostles written by P.D. James and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acts is the sequel to Luke's gospel and tells the story of Jesus's followers during the 30 years after his death. It describes how the 12 apostles, formerly Jesus's disciples, spread the message of Christianity throughout the Mediterranean against a background of persecution. With an introduction by P.D. James

Author : Kylie Crabbe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Luke/Acts and the End of History written by Kylie Crabbe and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kylie Crabbe
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110614758
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Luke/Acts and the End of History written by Kylie Crabbe and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-11-18 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Luke/Acts and the End of History investigates how understandings of history in diverse texts of the Graeco-Roman period illuminate Lukan eschatology. In addition to Luke/Acts, it considers ten comparison texts as detailed case studies throughout the monograph: Polybius's Histories, Diodorus Siculus's Library of History, Virgil's Aeneid, Valerius Maximus's Memorable Doings and Sayings, Tacitus’s Histories, 2 Maccabees, the Qumran War Scroll, Josephus's Jewish War, 4 Ezra, and 2 Baruch. The study makes a contribution both in its method and in the questions it asks. By placing Luke/Acts alongside a broad range of texts from Luke's wider cultural setting, it overcomes two methodological shortfalls frequently evident in recent research: limiting comparisons of key themes to texts of similar genre, and separating non-Jewish from Jewish parallels. Further, by posing fresh questions designed to reveal writers' underlying conceptions of history—such as beliefs about the shape and end of history or divine and human agency in history—this monograph challenges the enduring tendency to underestimate the centrality of eschatology for Luke's account. Influential post-war scholarship reflected powerful concerns about "salvation history" arising from its particular historical setting, and criticised Luke for focusing on history instead of eschatology due to the parousia’s delay. Though some elements of this thesis have been challenged, Luke continues to be associated with concerns about the delayed parousia, affecting contemporary interpretation. By contrast, this study suggests that viewing Luke/Acts within a broader range of texts from Luke's literary context highlights his underlying teleological conception of history. It demonstrates not only that Luke retains a sense of eschatological urgency seen in other New Testament texts, but a structuring of history more akin to the literature of late Second Temple Judaism than the non-Jewish Graeco-Roman historiographies with which Luke/Acts is more commonly compared. The results clarify not only Lukan eschatology, but related concerns or effects of his eschatology, such as Luke’s politics and approach to suffering. This monograph thereby offers an important corrective to readings of Luke/Acts based on established exegetical habits, and will help to inform interpretation for scholars and students of Luke/Acts as well as classicists and theologians interested in these key questions.

Author : John T. Carroll
Publisher : Society of Biblical Literature
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Response to the End of History written by John T. Carroll and published by Society of Biblical Literature. This book was released on 1988 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Donald Juel
Publisher : Epworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9780334009412
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Luke-Acts written by Donald Juel and published by Epworth Press. This book was released on 2012-10-16 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new study is intended as a first introduction to the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, those two New Testament books which are so closely connected. Rather than getting caught up in the vast and complex discussions which have produced a vast scholarly literature, the author concentrates on interpretative questions which are connected with Luke-Acts as a whole. Why did the author of the Gospel, unlike other evangelists, choose to create a larger framework within which to interpret Jesus' ministry? What difference does it make to our interpretation of the Gospel and Acts that one follows the other? What themes distinguish and/or unite the two parts of Luke's history? Is the unified work of a different genre from either taken individuaily? Ore of the strong points of the book is the way in which it sees Luke-Acts against the general cultural background of its time and conveniently quotes passages from secular authors which illustrate Luke's approach and way of working.

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:

Author : Robert McQueen Grant
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Historical Introduction to the New Testament written by Robert McQueen Grant and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ming Gao
Publisher : Langham Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1783683481
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heaven and Earth in Luke-Acts written by Ming Gao and published by Langham Publishing. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr Ming Gao delves into the much-overlooked heaven motif in Luke-Acts in this critical study of a central element in Christian belief. Focusing on several key passages from the biblical canon, Gao analyzes them in their Jewish, Greco-Roman and broader literary contexts to enhance our comprehension of the meaning of “heaven” and its significance for our worldview. Heaven is not simply a static place where God dwells or a symbol of his power, but is a dynamic arena that impacts the earthly realm. Dr Gao also elucidates how heaven, as well as being part of reality, acts as a concept that points to the arrival of God’s eschatological kingdom on earth. This book will enhance efforts to understand “heaven,” which is often viewed as an unfathomable mystery by so many Christians.

Author : Charles B. Puskas
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498274978
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Conclusion of Luke–Acts written by Charles B. Puskas and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The conclusion of Luke-Acts is regarded as one of the most important chapters of Luke's two-volume work. Several significant Lukan themes are found in Acts 28, all of which make some contribution to the purpose and aim of the author in writing Luke-Acts: the Gentile mission, the triumph of God's Word, and the relationship of Christianity with Judaism and Rome. Acts 28 contains many historical problems that have been debated for centuries, including the "we" statements, the figure of Paul in Acts 28, and the abrupt-ending. Puskas compares the conclusion of Acts with other important chapters of Luke-Acts: the introduction of the Gospel, the conclusion of Acts, the "defense of Paul" chapters, as well as other passages. In this significant chapter of Acts 28 there are still fundamental problems of exegesis that need to be addressed: What is the literary function of Acts 28? What is Luke trying to tell his readers in the text?

Author : Troy M. Troftgruben
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
ISBN 13 : 9783161504532
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Conclusion Unhindered written by Troy M. Troftgruben and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 2010 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Princeton Theological Seminary, 2009.