Contextualizing Acts: Lukan Narrative and Greco-Roman Discourse (Symposium Series (Society of Biblical Literature), No. 18.) (Society of Biblical Literature Symposium)

Synopsis

Contextualizing Acts : Introductory Considerations / Todd Penner -- From History To Rhetoric And Back : Assessing New Trends In Acts Studies / Joseph B. Tyson -- Luke And The Progymnasmata : A Preliminary Investigation Into The Preliminary Exercises / Mikeal Parsons -- Civilizing Discourse : Acts, Declamation, And The Rhetoric Of The Polis / Todd Penner -- The Trial Scene In The Greek Novels And In Acts / Saundra Schwartz -- Metabolh Politeuwn : Jesus As Founder Of The Church In Luke-acts : Form And Function / David L. Balch -- Paul's Farewell To The Ephesian Elders And Hector's Farewell To Andromache : A Strategic Imitation Of Homer's Iliad / Dennis R. Macdonald. Cultural Divides And Dual Realities : A Greco-roman Context For Acts 14 / Amy L. Wordelman -- Roman Propaganda And Christian Identity In The Worldview Of Luke-acts / Gary Gilbert -- History Or Story In Acts, A Middle Way? The We Passages, Historical Intertexture And Oral History / Samuel Byrskog -- The Jerusalem Community In Acts : Mythmaking And The Socio-rhetorical Functions Of A Lukan Setting / Milton Moreland -- Gender And Genre : Acts In/of Interpretation / Carolina Vander Stichele. Edited By Todd Penner And Caroline Vander Stichele. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 331-378) And Indexes.