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This 2004 book in English integrates detailed literary criticism of the exorcism stories in Luke-Acts with wide-ranging comparative study of ancient sources on demonology, spirit affliction and exorcistic healing. Methods from systemic functional linguistics and critical theory are explained and then applied to each story. Careful focus is placed on each narrative's linguistic functions and also on relevant aspects of its literary co-text and the wider context of culture. Implications of the analysis for the new perspective on Luke-Acts, especially the implied author's relationship with Judaism, are explored in relation to the Lukan stories' original context of reception. Largely neglected interfaces between Luke's narrative representation of exorcism and emerging academic discourse about religious experience, shamanism, health care in antiquity, ritual performance and ancient Jewish systems of impurity are probed in ways that shed fresh light on this supremely alien part of the Lukan writings.

Exorcism in the Bible --- Exorcisme dans la Bible --- Exorcisme in de Bijbel --- Bible --- Socio-rhetorical criticism --- 226.4 --- 226.6 --- 264-066 --- #GGSB: Exegese N.T. --- #GGSB: Tekstkritiek N.T. --- #GGSB: Synoptici --- Evangelie volgens Lucas --- Handelingen der apostelen. Akten van de apostelen --- Bezweringen. Duivelbezwering. Exorcisme --- 264-066 Bezweringen. Duivelbezwering. Exorcisme --- #GGSB: Exegese N.T --- #GGSB: Tekstkritiek N.T --- Bible. --- Luc (Book of the New Testament) --- Lucas (Book of the New Testament) --- Luka (Book of the New Testament) --- Lukan săn zăn︠g︡g (Book of the New Testament) --- Lukas (Book of the New Testament) --- Luke (Book of the New Testament) --- Lūqā (Book of the New Testament) --- Nuga pogŭm (Book of the New Testament) --- Ruka den --- Ruka ni yoru fukuinsho --- Acts (Book of the New Testament) --- Acts of the Apostles --- Chongdo haengjŏn --- Sado haengjŏn --- Socio-rhetorical criticism. --- Bible. N.T. Luke --- Bible. N.T. Acts --- Exorcism in the Bible. --- Exegese N.T --- Synoptici --- Tekstkritiek N.T --- Arts and Humanities --- Religion