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1 online resource (347 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche ; Band 131
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Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche ; Beiheft 131.
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| Note |
Slight Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Emory University, 2004. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-314) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Prison-escape and myth-criticism -- Epiphanic rescue from prison in ancient myth and history -- "Beginning from Jerusalem" : prison-escape and the mythopoesis of Christian origins in Acts 1-7 -- Rescue and regicide : the poetics and politics of group validation in Acts 12 -- "A door of faith opened to the Gentiles" : prison epiphany and cult foundation in Acts 16. |
| Summary |
Past scholarship on the prison-escapes in the Acts of the Apostles has tended to focus on lexical similarities to Euripides' Bacchae, going so far as to argue for direct literary dependence. Moving beyond such explanations, the present study argues that miraculous prison-escape was a central event in a traditional and culturally significant story about the introduction and foundation of cults - a story discernable in the Bacchae and other ancient texts. When the mythic quality and cultural diffusion of the prison-escape narratives are taken into account, the resemblance of Lukan and Dionysian narrative episodes is seen to depend less on specific literary borrowing, and more on shared familiarity with cultural discourses involving the legitimating portrayal of new cults in the ancient world. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
In English. |
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Bible. Acts -- Criticism, Form.
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Bible. Acts. |
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Bible. Actes des Apôtres -- Critique de la forme. |
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Bible. Acts. |
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Bibel Apostelgeschichte. |
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Miracles -- Comparative studies.
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Miracles. |
| Genre/Form |
Comparative studies.
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Escapes -- Mythology -- Comparative studies.
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Escapes. |
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Mythology. |
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Myth in the Bible.
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Myth in the Bible. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Weaver, John B. Plots of epiphany : prison-escape in Acts of the Apostles. Berlin : W. de Gruyter, [2004] xii, 335 pages ; 24 cm. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche ; Band 131 9783110182668 (DLC) 2004022188 |
| ISBN |
9783110915617 (e-book) |
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3110915618 (e-book) |
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3110182661 (alkaline paper) |
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9783110182668 |
| Standard No. |
10.1515/9783110915617 |
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