02941nam 2200577 a 450 991078979980332120230828221549.01-283-20141-097866132014160-567-64141-4(CKB)2670000000106869(EBL)742878(OCoLC)741691474(SSID)ssj0000522658(PQKBManifestationID)12212597(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000522658(PQKBWorkID)10528903(PQKB)11057030(MiAaPQ)EBC742878(EXLCZ)99267000000010686920070108d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrForeign but familiar gods[electronic resource] Greco-Romans read religion in Acts /Lynn Allan KauppiLondon ;New York T & T Clarkc20061 online resource (193 p.)T & T Clark library of biblical studiesLibrary of New Testament studies ;277Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, 1999.0-567-08097-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [129]-153) and indexes.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 AuthorsThrough 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.T & T Clark library of biblical studies.Library of New Testament studies ;277.Christianity and other religionsGreekChristianity and other religionsRomanChristianity and other religionsGreek.Christianity and other religionsRoman.226.6067Kauppi Lynn Allan1477236MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789799803321Foreign but familiar gods3692333UNINA