LEADER 03336nam 22004811c 450 001 9910157803103321 005 20200115203623.0 010 $a0-567-66713-8 010 $a0-567-66712-X 024 7 $a10.5040/9780567667137 035 $a(CKB)3710000001009491 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4780590 035 $a967938488 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09260526 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001009491 100 $a20170328d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRepresentations of the afterlife in Luke-Acts $fby Alexey Somov 210 1$aNew York $cBloomsbury T&T Clark $d2017. 215 $a1 online resource 225 0 $aInternational studies on Christian origins 225 0 $aLibrary of New Testament studies $v556 311 $a0-567-68384-2 311 $a0-567-66711-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index 327 $aPreface -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part 1: Eschatology and the Abode of the Dead -- Chapter 1: Eschatology and the Afterlife -- Chapter 2: Representations of the Abode of the Dead -- Part 2: Forms of the Afterlife Experience -- Chapter 3: Resurrection -- Chapter 4: The Immortality of the Soul and Angelomorphism -- Part 3: Can The Various Views of the Afterlife in Luke-Acts be Reconciled? -- Chapter 5: Interrelations between the Representations of the Afterlife in Luke-Acts -- Chapter 6: Summary and Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index 330 8 $aQuestions regarding the afterlife are many, and the Gospel of Luke and the book of Acts pay a great deal of attention to them: why does Luke speak about several different forms of the afterlife? Why is resurrection described as a person's transformation into an angelic being? How many abodes are appointed for the righteous and the wicked after death? Alexey Somov addresses these queries in relation to the apparent confusion and variety found in the text, and in respect of the interrelatedness of these issues, and their connection with other eschatological issues in Luke-Acts, and in relation to the wider cultural context of the Mediterranean world to which Luke belonged. Every culture expresses its beliefs by means of special metaphors that allow it to comprehend supernatural realities in terms of everyday experience. Belief in the afterlife was part of this metaphorical system which Luke shared with the ancient eastern Mediterranean culture. Somov takes his analysis one step further by applying Cognitive Metaphor Theory to selected metaphorical aspects of the afterlife. While the inconsistencies and incoherence of the combined metaphors may seem jarring to a contemporary Western reader, Somov's reading enables a recognition of the specific religious metaphors used, which for Luke would have been current and widely accepted 606 $aFuture life$xBiblical teaching 606 $2Biblical exegesis & hermeneutics 615 0$aFuture life$xBiblical teaching. 676 $a226.4/06 700 $aSomov$b Alexey$01208761 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910157803103321 996 $aRepresentations of the afterlife in Luke-Acts$92788874 997 $aUNINA