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The "we" passages in the Acts of the Apostles : the narrator as narrative character
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ISBN: 9781589832053 1589832051 9781435626973 1435626974 Year: 2007 Publisher: Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature,


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With unperfumed voice : studies in Plutarch, in Greek literature, religion and philosophy, and in the New Testament background
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ISBN: 9783515089296 3515089292 Year: 2007 Volume: 21 Publisher: Stuttgart : Steiner,

"Convinced that God had called us" : dreams, visions, and the perception of God's will in Luke-Acts
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ISBN: 9004154744 9789004154742 9786611457822 1281457825 9047411420 9789047411420 9781281457820 6611457828 Year: 2007 Volume: 85 Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill,

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Dream and vision scenes figure prominently in Luke-Acts. Following a discussion of methodology, historical background, and critical scholarship, this study provides a comprehensive examination of the dreams and visions in the Lukan narrative. Special attention is given to those scenes that feature significant interpretation by characters in the story (e.g., Zechariah and Mary [Luke 1-2], Saul’s/Paul’s conversion [Acts 9, 22, and 26], the Cornelius-Peter episode [Acts 10:1-11:18], and Paul’s dream at Troas [Acts 16:9-10]). While a number of studies have highlighted the importance of dreams and visions for Luke’s portrayal of God, the present study suggests that the human side of these visionary encounters is equally important. Just as Lukan dreams and visions depict God’s active involvement in the events of human history, they also depict God’s people attempting to perceive God’s will through these visionary encounters.

Commission narratives : a comparative study of the canonical and apocryphal acts
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ISBN: 9789042918450 9042918454 Year: 2007 Volume: 8 Publisher: Leuven : Peeters,

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"Commission Narratives is based on the author's doctoral dissertation in Groningen (2002). The monograph offers the first overarching, comparative treatment of commission narratives in the canonical and apocryphal Acts of the Apostles, analysing them in their ancient literary setting. Following a survey of this widespread narrative theme in the cultural environment of early Christianity, Czachesz establishes a threefold social typology of divine commission (institutional, prophetic and philosophical) and explores the occurrences of the three types in the canonical and apocryphal Acts. The central chapters of the book provide a close reading of the textual evidence, investigating intertextual relations, the function of commission in the narrative structure, and the biographical models of self-definition that commission stories offered to the ancient readers in their changing social and ecclesiastical environments. Based on his textual analysis, Czachesz makes new proposals about the reconstruction, Sitz im Leben and dating of several apocryphal Acts. Finally, he examines the synchronic structure of commission, showing that the variety of commission narratives emerges from a constant set of motifs that are generated by interactions among the characters."--Jacket.

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