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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828301303321

Autore

Roth S. John (Samuel John)

Titolo

The blind, the lame, and the poor : character types in Luke-Acts / / S. John Roth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, England : , : Sheffield Academic Press, , [1997]

©1997

ISBN

1-283-20081-3

9786613200815

0-567-57709-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; ; 144

Library of New Testament studies

Disciplina

226.4/06

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Vanderbilt University, 1994.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-238) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2; HISTORY OF SCHOLARSHIP; Chapter 3; AN AUDIENCE-ORIENTED LITERARY APPROACH TO READING LUKE-ACTS; Chapter 4; THE SEPTUAGINT AS LUKAN INTERTEXT; Chapter 5; CONSTRUCTING CHARACTER TYPES FROM THE SEPTUAGINT; Chapter 6; APPLYING SEPTUAGINT INSIGHTS TO INTERPRETATION OF THE CHARACTER TYPES IN LUKE'S GOSPEL; Chapter 7; ACTS AND THE CAPTIVE, THE SHATTERED, THE BLIND, THE DEAF MUTE, THE LAME, LEPERS, THE MAIMED, THE DEAD, AND THE POOR; Chapter 8; SUMMARY OF ARGUMENTS AND CONCLUSIONS; Appendix; TABLES 1 AND 2; Bibliography

Index of ReferencesIndex of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

The virtual disappearance of the captive, the shattered, the blind, the deaf mute, the lame, lepers, the maimed, the dead and the poor from Acts poses a problem for Lukan studies. It creates a tension between two firmly held convictions about Luke's writing: that the Gospel and Acts are a unified work; and that Luke has a special concern for the poor. A fresh solution lies in tracing the intertextual links between Luke



and the Septuagint. In the Septuagint, these character types are standard, conventional recipients of God's favour. In Luke's gospel, the primary function of these types is chri