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UNINA9910453658103321 |
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Autore |
Adams Sean A. |
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Titolo |
The genre of Acts and collected biography / / Sean A. Adams [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
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1-139-89324-6 |
1-107-42533-6 |
1-107-42306-6 |
1-107-42001-6 |
1-107-41741-4 |
1-107-42126-8 |
1-139-64448-3 |
1-107-41868-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiii, 319 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Society for New Testament Studies monograph series ; ; 156 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Literary form |
Biography as a literary form |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- Modern and ancient genre theory -- Ancient individual and collected biographies -- Acts as collected biography -- Characterisation in Acts -- Peter, Paul and the ending of Acts -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Literary topoi in ancient Greek biographies -- Appendix 2. References to biographical works in Diogenes Laertius' The Lives of the Philosophers -- Appendix 3. Divisions in collected biographies. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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It is widely accepted by New Testament scholars that the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles probably originated as two parts of one work by a single author. In spite of this, the books have been assigned to very different genres: Luke is traditionally viewed as a biography of Jesus, and Acts as a history of the early church. Comparing in detail the structure and content of Acts with the formal features of history, novel, epic and biography, Sean Adams challenges |
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