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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789799803321

Autore

Kauppi Lynn Allan

Titolo

Foreign but familiar gods [[electronic resource] ] : Greco-Romans read religion in Acts / / Lynn Allan Kauppi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : T & T Clark, c2006

ISBN

1-283-20141-0

9786613201416

0-567-64141-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Collana

T & T Clark library of biblical studies

Library of New Testament studies ; ; 277

Disciplina

226.6067

Soggetti

Christianity and other religions - Greek

Christianity and other religions - Roman

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, 1999.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [129]-153) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Editorial Board; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; List of Tables; Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 ACTS 1.15-26;  16.16-18 AND GRECO-ROMAN ORACLES; Chapter 3 ACTS 12.20-23: RULER CULT; Chapter 4 ACTS 14.8-18: PROCESSIONS AND SACRIFICES; Chapter 5 ACTS 17.16-34 AND AESCHYLUS' EUMENIDES; Chapter 6 ACTS 19.23-41: VOTIVE OFFERINGS AND ΔIOTTETHΣ OBJECTS; Chapter 7 ACTS 28.1-11: EXIΔNA, ΔIKH, AND THE ΔIOΣKOYPOI; Chapter 8 CONCLUSIONS; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

Through a close and informative reading of seven key texts in Acts, Kauppi analyses the appearances of Graeco-Roman religion, offering evidence of practices including divination and oracles, ruler cult and civic foundation myth. Foreign But Familiar Gods then uses a combination of these scriptural texts and other contemporary evidence (including archaeological and literary material) to suggest that one of Luke's subsidiary themes is to contrast Graeco-Roman and Christian religious conceptualizations and practices.