Seeing Visions: The Persuasive Power of Sight in the Acts of the Apostles

Visions play a central role in Acts, as evidenced in the Joel quotation in Peter's Pentecost speech (Acts 2.17). Although the speeches have received more scholarly attention, the many vision accounts reveal an emphasis on sight that is often overlooked by interpreters focused on the prevalence...

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Main Author: Prince, Deborah Thompson (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2018]
In: Journal for the study of the New Testament
Year: 2018, Volume: 40, Issue: 3, Pages: 337-359
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible. Apostelgeschichte 9-10 / Vision / Rhetoric / Progymnasma
RelBib Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
CD Christianity and Culture
HC New Testament
TB Antiquity
Further subjects:B Pentecost
B Visions
B Apostles
B Rhetorical criticism
B Bible. Acts
B Peter
B Luke-Acts
B Paul
B Acts
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