Foreign but familiar gods [[electronic resource] ] : Greco-Romans read religion in Acts / / Lynn Allan Kauppi

• Autore: Kauppi Lynn Allan
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : T & T Clark, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
• Disciplina: 226.6067
• Soggetto topico: Christianity and other religions - Greek; Christianity and other religions - Roman
• Note generali: Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, 1999.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [129]-153) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: Through 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Foreign but familiar gods
• ISBN: 1-283-20141-0; 9786613201416; 0-567-64141-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828516603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: T & T Clark library of biblical studies.; Library of New Testament studies ; ; 277.