Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XV, 250 S.).
ISBN:
978-0-511-55482-7
Series Statement:
Society for New Testament Studies monograph series 78
Content:
Luke's two-volume work begins with a formal preface unlike anything else in the New Testament, and it has long been academic orthodoxy that Luke's choice of style, vocabulary, and content in this short passage reveal a desire to present his work to contemporary readers as 'History' in the great tradition of Thucydides and Polybius. This study challenges that assumption: far from aping the classical historians, Dr Alexander argues, Luke was simply introducing his book in a style that would have been familiar to readers of the scientific and technical manuals which proliferated in the hellenistic world. The book contains a detailed study of these Greek 'scientific' prefaces as well as a word-by-word commentary on the Lucan texts. In her concluding chapters, Alexander seeks to explore the consequences of this alignment both for the literary genre of Luke-Acts (is it meant to be read as 'history'?) and for the social background of the author and the book's first readers
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). - Erscheinungsjahr des E-Books: 2009
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Teilw. zugl.: Oxford, Univ., Diss., 1978
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Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1. The Lucan preface: questions and assumptions -- 2. On the beginnings of books -- 3. Historical prefaces -- 4. Scientific prefaces: origins and development -- 5. Scientific prefaces: structure, content and style -- 6. Luke's preface -- 7. Prefaces in hellenistic Jewish literature -- 8. The social aatrix of Luke's preface -- 9 The appropriate form of words for the occasion -- Appendix A: Structural analysis of Luke1.1-4 and selected scientific prefaces -- Appendix B: Bibliographical notes on scientific prefaces -- Select bibliography -- Indexes
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-521-43444-7
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-521-01881-4
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 0-521-43444-0
Language:
English
Subjects:
Theology
Keywords:
1,1-4 Bibel Lukasevangelium
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1,1 Bibel Apostelgeschichte
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Hochschulschrift
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Hochschulschrift
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511554827
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