Plots of epiphany : prison-escape in Acts of the Apostles /

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Past scholarship on the prison-escapes in the Acts of the Apostles has tended to focus on lexical similarities to Euripides' Bacchae, going so far as to argue for direct literary dependence. Moving beyond such explanations, the present study argues that miraculous prison-escape was a central ev...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Weaver, John B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter, [2004]
Series:Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche ; Beiheft 131.
Subjects:
Bible. > Acts > Criticism, Form.
Bible > New Testament. > Actes des Apôtres > Critique de la forme.
Bible. > Acts
Bibel > Apostelgeschichte
Miracles > Comparative studies.
Escapes > Mythology > Comparative studies.
Myth in the Bible.
Miracles > Études comparatives.
Évasions > Mythologie > Études comparatives.
Mythe dans la Bible.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Jesus, the Gospels & Acts.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > New Testament.
Miracles
Myth in the Bible
Gefangenenbefreiung
Epiphanie
Zeithintergrund
Handelingen der Apostelen (bijbelboek)
Gevangenschap.
Ontsnappingen.
Comparative studies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prison-escape and myth-criticism
  • Epiphanic rescue from prison in ancient myth and history
  • "Beginning from Jerusalem" : prison-escape and the mythopoesis of Christian origins in Acts 1-7
  • Rescue and regicide : the poetics and politics of group validation in Acts 12
  • "A door of faith opened to the Gentiles" : prison epiphany and cult foundation in Acts 16.

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