LEADER 03375nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910789514303321 005 20230617032614.0 010 $a1-283-19960-2 010 $a9786613199607 010 $a0-567-43895-3 035 $a(CKB)2670000000106475 035 $a(EBL)742484 035 $a(OCoLC)741691347 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000520667 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12249944 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000520667 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10514488 035 $a(PQKB)10435047 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000542910 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12192785 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000542910 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10512230 035 $a(PQKB)11408041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC742484 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL742484 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10490261 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL319960 035 $a(OCoLC)893335389 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000106475 100 $a20050412d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aActs in its ancient literary context$b[electronic resource] $ea classicist looks at the Acts of the Apostles /$fLoveday C.A. Alexander 210 $aNew York $cT & T Clark International$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (303 p.) 225 1 $aT & T Clark biblical studies 225 1 $aEarly Christianity in context ;$v298 300 $aPaperback edition 2007. 311 $a0-567-08209-1 311 $a0-567-08219-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 253-271) and indexes. 327 $aContents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Foreword and Acknowledgements; 1. On a Roman Bookstall: Reading Acts in its Ancient Literary Context; 2. The Preface to Acts and the Historians; 3. Acts and Ancient Intellectual Biography; 4. 'In Journeyings Often': Voyaging in the Acts of the Apostles and in Greek Romance; 5. Narrative Maps: Reflections on the Toponomy of Acts; 6. Fact, Fiction and the Genre of Acts; 7. New Testament Narrative and Ancient Epic; 8. The Acts of the Apostles as an Apologetic Text; 9. Reading Luke-Acts from Back to Front 327 $a10. Septuaginta, Fachprosa, Imitatio: Albert Wifstrand and the Language of Luke-Acts Bibliography; Index of Ancient Authors and Texts; Index of Biblical References; Index of Modern Authors 330 $aHere, gathered for the first time, is a collection of Loveday Alexander's critically acclaimed essays on the Acts of the Apostles. In this collection of essays, Alexander addresses the central question 'What kind of book is Acts?' She approaches the text of Acts with a finely-tuned sense of the complexities of the conventional codes that governed reading and writing in the classical world, and argues that the differences between New Testament texts and contemporary writings in the Graeco-Roman world can be as revealing as the similarities. The collection begins with Alexander's classic analysis 410 0$aLibrary of New Testament studies.$pEarly Christianity in context ;$v298. 410 0$aT & T Clark biblical studies. 676 $a226.6/066 700 $aAlexander$b Loveday$01507292 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789514303321 996 $aActs in its ancient literary context$93785853 997 $aUNINA