Many convincing proofs : persuasive phenomena associated with gospel proclamation in Acts / / Stephen S. Liggins

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910822745603321
• Autore: Liggins Stephen S.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin : , : De Gruyter, , [2016]; ©2016
• ISBN: 3-11-046019-X; 3-11-046037-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (334 p.)
• Collana: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fr die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft ; ; Volume 221
• Disciplina: 226.606
• Soggetti: Christianity and other religions - Greek; Evangelistic work - Biblical teaching; Persuasion (Rhetoric) - History - To 1500; Proselytizing - Judaism; RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / New Testament
• 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: Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Note on references and style -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Early audiences and their perception of Acts -- Chapter 3: Jewish and Greco-Roman persuasive religious communication -- Chapter 4: Persuasive phenomena associated with evangelistic ministry in Acts 1–12 -- Chapter 5: Persuasive phenomena associated with evangelistic ministry in Acts 13–28 -- Chapter 6: Impact upon early audiences of Acts – Part 1: Phenomena, contexts and influence -- Chapter 7: Impact upon early audiences of Acts – Part 2: The ongoing mission -- Chapter 8: Conclusion -- Tables -- Bibliography -- Index of ancient texts -- Index of modern authors
• Sommario/riassunto: While there have been various studies examining the contents of the evangelistic proclamation in Acts; and various studies examining, from one angle or another, individual persuasive phenomena described in Acts (e.g., the use of the Jewish Scriptures); no individual studies have sought to identify the key persuasive phenomena presented by Luke in ; this book, or to analyse their impact upon the book’s early audiences. This study identifies four key phenomena – the Jewish Scriptures, witnessed supernatural events, the Christian community and Greco-Roman cultural interaction. By employing a textual analysis of Acts that takes into account both narrative and socio-historical contexts, the impact of these phenomena upon the early audiences of Acts – that is, those people who heard or read the narrative in the first decades after its completion – is determined. The investigation offers some unique and nuanced insights into evangelistic proclamation in Acts; persuasion in Acts, persuasion in the ancient world; each of the persuasive phenomena discussed; evangelistic mission in the early Christian church; and the growth of the early Christian church.