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Author Roth, S. John (Samuel John)

Title The blind, the lame, and the poor : character types in Luke-Acts / S. John Roth.

Publication Info. Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, [1997]
©1997

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Description 1 online resource (253 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 144
Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 144.
Note Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Vanderbilt University, 1994.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-238) and indexes.
Summary The virtual disappearance of the captive, the shattered, the blind, the deaf mute, the lame, lepers, the maimed, the dead and the poor from Acts poses a problem for Lukan studies. It creates a tension between two firmly held convictions about Luke's writing: that the Gospel and Acts are a unified work; and that Luke has a special concern for the poor. A fresh solution lies in tracing the intertextual links between Luke and the Septuagint. In the Septuagint, these character types are standard, conventional recipients of God's favour. In Luke's gospel, the primary function of these types is chri.
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Contents Cover; Editorial Board; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 HISTORY OF SCHOLARSHIP; Chapter 3 AN AUDIENCE-ORIENTED LITERARY APPROACH TO READING LUKE-ACTS; Chapter 4 THE SEPTUAGINT AS LUKANINTERTEXT; Chapter 5 CONSTRUCTING CHARACTER TYPES FROM THE SEPTUAGINT; Chapter 6 APPLYING SEPTUAGINT INSIGHTS TO INTERPRETATION OF THE CHARACTER TYPES IN LUKE''S GOSPEL; Chapter 7 ACTS AND THE CAPTIVE, THE SHATTERED, THE BLIND, THE DEAF MUTE, THE LAME, LEPERS, THE MAIMED, THE DEAD, AND THE POOR; Chapter 8 SUMMARY OF ARGUMENTS AND CONCLUSIONS.
Appendix TABLES 1 AND 2Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors.
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Subject Bible. Luke -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. Luke.
Bible. Acts -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. Acts.
Bible.
Bible. Acts -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. Luke -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. Luc et Actes des Apôtres -- Critique, interprétation, etc.
Bible. A.T. Grec -- Versions -- Septante.
Bible. Acts.
Bible. Luke.
Bible. Actes -- Critique, interprétation, etc.
Bible. Évangiles Luc -- Critique, interprétation, etc.
Lukanisches Doppelwerk.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Roth, S. John (Samuel John). Blind, the lame, and the poor. Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, ©1997 1850756678 (DLC) 97204755 (OCoLC)37461352
ISBN 9780567577092 (electronic book)
0567577090 (electronic book)
1283200813
9781283200813
1850756678
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