Acts of the Apostles and the Rhetoric of Roman Imperialism
Author | : Drew W. Billings |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 213 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Bible |
ISBN | : 9781316638361 |
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Author | : Drew W. Billings |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 213 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Bible |
ISBN | : 9781316638361 |
Author | : Drew W. Billings |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 247 |
Release | : 2017-07-25 |
Genre | : Bibles |
ISBN | : 1107187850 |
Billings demonstrates that Acts was written in conformity with broader representational trends found on imperial monuments and in the epigraphic record of the early second century.
Author | : Ben Witherington |
Publisher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages | : 934 |
Release | : 1997-11-13 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1467429589 |
Like Ben Witherington's previous commentary Conflict and Community in Corinth, this commentary breaks fresh ground in providing a detailed social and rhetorical analysis of the book of Acts. Written in a readable style, with more detailed interaction with scholarly discussion found in the various excursuses, this commentary draws on the best new insights from a number of disciplines (narratological studies of Luke-Acts, archaeological and social scientific study of the New Testament, rhetorical analysis of Acts, comparative studies in ancient historiography) to provide the reader with the benefits of recent innovative ways of analyzing the text of Acts. In addition there is detailed attention to major theological and historical issues, including the question of the relationship of Acts to the Pauline letters, the question of early Christian history and how the church grew and developed, the relationship between early Judaism and early Christianity, and the relationship between Christianity and the officials of the Roman Empire. Acts is seen as a historical monograph with affinities with the approaches of serious Greek historians such as Thucydides and Polybius in terms of methodology, and affinities with some forms of Jewish historiography (including Old Testament history) in terms of content or subject matter. The book is illustrated with various pictures and charts, which help to bring to light the character and setting of these narratives.
Author | : Davina C. Lopez |
Publisher | : Fortress Press |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2010-10-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1451406258 |
Apostle to the Conquered reveals the subversive heart of Paul's theology, reframing his "conversion" in terms of "consciousness," and his exhortations as a politics of the new creation.
Author | : Jeremy L. Williams |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 247 |
Release | : 2023-10-26 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 100936636X |
Acts of the Apostles presents Roman officials and militarized police criminalizing, prosecuting, and incarcerating a movement of Jesus followers. This book brings Acts into conversation with ancient and modern understandings of crime by tending to laws and by exploring how different writers portray the criminalized.
Author | : C. Clifton Black |
Publisher | : Fortress Press |
Total Pages | : 439 |
Release | : 2019-05-28 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1506457134 |
Now in its 8th edition, Anatomy of the New Testament is one of the most trust-worthy and enduring introductory textbooks of its kind. Its authors bring literary and historical approaches to the New Testament together, offering a comprehensive and accessible approach that appeals to students at all levels. Visually appealing and well-designed this compact edition has been designed for today's student, and is illustrated with engaging images, refreshed maps, and updated bibliographies that make the textbook enjoyable to read and easy to teach. The stand-out pedagogical features have been updated as well, updated for new advances in biblical scholarship and the needs of today's student: Have You Learned it? Offering questions for analysis and reflection; What Do They Mean? Presenting definitions for key terms to enhance student comprehension and critical thinking.
Author | : Richard Wallace |
Publisher | : Bristol Classical Press |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 1998-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781853991417 |
The Acts of the Apostles is one of the very few surviving ancient texts to give us a picture of the world from the point of view of those outside the elite of the dominant culture. It offers a valuable perspective on the way the Roman Empire worked, and on the civic life in the eastern provinces, which cannot be matched from any other source. Acts is also our only source for the beginning of the process by which Christianity was transformed from a Jewish sect into a new religion, with a well-established structure, its own sacred literature and a distinctive form of religious cult. This companion to the New English Bible translation takes Acts seriously as history, testing its accuracy against other sources, and uses it to give a clear picture of what life in the Roman Empire was like for at least one group of its subjects.
Author | : Barbara E. Reid |
Publisher | : Liturgical Press |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 2021-01-15 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0814681921 |
Because there are more women in the Gospel of Luke than in any other gospel, feminists have given it much attention. In this commentary, Shelly Matthews and Barbara Reid show that feminist analysis demands much more than counting the number of female characters. Feminist biblical interpretation examines how the female characters function in the narrative and also scrutinizes the workings of power with respect to empire, to anti-Judaism, and to other forms of othering. Matthews and Reid draw attention to the ambiguities of the text-both the liberative possibilities and the ways that Luke upholds the patriarchal status quo-and guide readers to empowering reading strategies.
Author | : Barbara E. Reid, OP |
Publisher | : Liturgical Press |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 2021-01-15 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0814681670 |
Because there are more women in the Gospel of Luke than in any other gospel, feminists have given it much attention. In this commentary, Shelly Matthews and Barbara Reid show that feminist analysis demands much more than counting the number of female characters. Feminist biblical interpretation examines how the female characters function in the narrative and also scrutinizes the workings of power with respect to empire, to anti-Judaism, and to other forms of othering. Matthews and Reid draw attention to the ambiguities of the text-both the liberative possibilities and the ways that Luke upholds the patriarchal status quo-and guide readers to empowering reading strategies.