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Kyrychenko Alexander <1969-> |
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The Roman army and the expansion of the gospel : the role of the centurion in Luke-Acts / / Alexander Kyrychenko |
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Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2014] |
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©2014 |
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3-11-037475-7 |
3-11-034726-1 |
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1 online resource (240 p.) |
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Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft, , 0171-6441 ; ; volume 203 |
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Gentiles in the New Testament |
RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / New Testament |
Rome Army Officers |
Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Luke-Acts in the Roman Military Setting -- 3. The Image of the Roman Soldier in Greco-Roman Sources -- 4. The Image of the Roman Soldier in Jewish Sources -- 5. The Roman Military in Luke-Acts -- 6. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Primary Sources |
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Although Roman centurions appear at crucial stages in the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, the significance of the centurion's office for the development of Luke's story has not been adequately researched. To fill in that void, this study engages the relevant Greco-Roman and Jewish sources that reflect on the image of the Roman military and applies the findings to the analysis of the role of the Roman centurion in the narrative of Luke-Acts. It argues that contemporary evidence reveals a common perception of the Roman centurion as a principal representative of the Roman imperial power, and that Luke-Acts employs centurions in the role of prototypical Gentile believers in anticipation of the Christian mission to the Empire. |
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Chapter 1 outlines the current state of the question. Chapter 2 surveys the background data, including the place of the centurion in the Roman military organization, the role of the Roman army as the basis of the ruling power, the army's function in the life of the civilian community, Luke's military terminology, and the Roman military regiments in Luke-Acts. Chapter 3 reviews Greco-Roman writings, including Polybius, Julius Caesar, Sallust, Livy, Velleius Paterculus, Tacitus, Appian, Cornelius Nepos, Plutarch, Suetonius, Plautus, Cicero, Virgil, Horace, Petronius, Quintilian, Epictetus, Juvenal, Fronto, Apuleius, as well as non-literary evidence. Chapter 4 engages the Jewish witnesses, including 1 Maccabees, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Jewish pseudepigrapha, Philo, Josephus, Talmudic sources, and non-literary sources. Chapter 5 examines the relevant accounts of Luke-Acts, focusing on Luke 7:1-10 and Acts 10:1-11:18. The Conclusion reviews the findings of the study and summarizes the results. |
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UNINA9910821618303321 |
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Spink Walter |
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Ajanta : history and development : defining features / / Walter Spink |
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Leiden, The Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Koninklijke Brill, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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1 online resource (482 p.) |
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Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section two, South Asia ; ; Volume 18/6 |
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Law - China - History |
Justice, Administration of - China - History |
Practice of law - China - History |
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Preliminary Material / Walter M. Spink and Naomichi Yaguchi -- Chapter 1: The Usages of War / Walter M. Spink and Naomichi Yaguchi -- Chapter 2: Regarding Important Time Chart Changes / Walter M. Spink and Naomichi Yaguchi -- Chapter 3: Defining Features / Walter |
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M. Spink and Naomichi Yaguchi -- Chapter 4: Illustrations and Labels / Walter M. Spink and Naomichi Yaguchi -- Summary of Evidence Bearing upon the Disputed Dating of Harisena’s Reign / Walter M. Spink and Naomichi Yaguchi. |
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Volume 6, in Walter Spink's detailed analysis of the creation and development of the Ajanta caves, during the reign of the emperor Harisena (c.460-c.477) has had a profound and often upsetting impact on the understanding of Indian history in the so-called Golden Age. The author contends that through the discipline of Art History one can in fact change the established view of cultural developments in the crucial \'Classic Age\' (5th Century CE). One of his major aims is to prove that it was the Vakatakas, under the emperor Harisena, and not the Guptas, that brought Indian culture to its apogee in the late 470s and to show that by analyzing and organizing Ajanta's \'defining feature\' in revealing developmental sequences, one can support, with specifics, the revolutionary (but now increasingly accepted) \'short chronology\' for which the author is well known. These \'defining features\' range from the changing types of Buddha images and living arrangements for the monks, to the precise analysis of the evolution of pillars, doorways, and excavation techniques. The volume also includes, at the start, a discussion of the transforming effect of competition, and finally war, as a key to Ajanta's highly driven development, its florescence, and finally its sad demise. |
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