1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790611803321

Autore

Adams Sean A.

Titolo

The genre of Acts and collected biography / / Sean A. Adams [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-108-73396-4

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

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 319 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Society for New Testament Studies monograph series ; ; 156

Classificazione

REL006220

Disciplina

223.6/066

Soggetti

Literary form

Biography as a literary form

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 this division. Applying both ancient and modern genre theory, he argues that the best genre parallel for the Acts of the Apostles is in fact collected biography. Offering a nuanced and sophisticated understanding of genre theory, along with an insightful argument regarding the composition and purpose of Acts, this book will be of interest to those studying the New Testament, Acts, genre theory and ancient literature.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778368703321

Autore

Hinzen Wolfram

Titolo

An essay on names and truths [[electronic resource] /] / Wolfram Hinzen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-383-04172-5

1-281-16457-7

9786611164577

0-19-153442-0

1-4356-2283-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Collana

Oxford linguistics

Disciplina

401

Soggetti

Language and languages - Philosophy

Truth

Thought and thinking

Names

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Prologue; 1 Roots of the Intentional; 2 Where Meaning Begins: The Atoms of Thought; 3 Structures for Concepts; 4 Structure for Truth; 5 Structure for Names; Conclusions; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book lays new foundations for the study of reference and truth. It explores truth in the light of Noam Chomsky's Minimalist Program and



argues that truth is a function of the human mind. It sets out an internalist reconstruction of meaning and explores its outcomes in language and thought. - ;This pioneering book lays new foundations for the study of reference and truth. It seeks to explain the origins and characteristics of human ways of relating to the world by means of an understanding of the inherent structures of the mind. Wolfram Hinzen explores truth in the light of Noam Chomsky's