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Foreign but familiar gods : Greco-Romans read religion in Acts /
Through a close and informative reading of seven key texts in Acts, Kauppi analyses the appearances of Graeco-Roman religion, offering evidence of practices including divination and oracles, ruler cult and civic foundation myth. Foreign But Familiar Gods then uses a combination of these scriptural t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
T & T Clark,
©2006.
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| Colección: | Library of New Testament studies ;
277. T & T Clark library of biblical studies. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Through a close and informative reading of seven key texts in Acts, Kauppi analyses the appearances of Graeco-Roman religion, offering evidence of practices including divination and oracles, ruler cult and civic foundation myth. Foreign But Familiar Gods then uses a combination of these scriptural texts and other contemporary evidence (including archaeological and literary material) to suggest that one of Luke's subsidiary themes is to contrast Graeco-Roman and Christian religious conceptualizations and practices. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 165 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-153) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780567641410 0567641414 1283201410 9781283201414 9786613201416 6613201413 |