Representatives of Roman rule: Roman provincial governors in Luke-Acts
The series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZNW) is one of the oldest and most highly regarded international scholarly book series in the field of New Testament studies. Since 1923 it has been a forum for seminal works focusing on Early Christianity and related field...
| Summary: | The series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZNW) is one of the oldest and most highly regarded international scholarly book series in the field of New Testament studies. Since 1923 it has been a forum for seminal works focusing on Early Christianity and related fields. The series is grounded in a historical-critical approach and also explores new methodological approaches that advance our understanding of the New Testament and its world. Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations of Common Reference Works and Editions -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 - Rationale and Approach -- 1 Luke's Political Views and Intentions: A Short History of Research -- 1.1 The Traditional View: Political Apology for the Church to Rome (Apologia Pro Ecclesia) -- 1.2 Apology for Rome to the Church (Apologia pro Imperio) -- 1.3 Equipping the Church for Witness -- 1.4 Legitimation for the Church's Identity -- 1.5 No Definite Political Aim -- 1.6 Postcolonial Readings and Other Recent Work -- 1.7 Problems with Previous Research, and the Approach of this Study -- 2 Literary-Rhetorical Methodology -- 2.1 Narrative Terminology I: Author, Implied Author, Narrator -- 2.2 Narrative Terminology II: Reader, Ideal Reader, First-Century Reader -- 2.3 Narrative Terminology III: Character, Characterization, Type -- 2.4 Means of Characterization -- 3 Luke-Acts: Author, Audience, Date, Genre, and Purpose -- 3.1 Author -- 3.2 Audience -- 3.3 Date -- 3.4 Genre -- 3.5 Purpose -- Chapter 2 - Narratives for Praise and Blame: Tacitus on Agricola, Philo on Flaccus -- 1 Tacitus, Agricola -- 1.1 Tacitus and Rome -- 1.2 Date, Genre, Audience and Purpose -- 1.3 Tacitus' Presentation of Agricola -- 1.3.1 Agricola's Early Career -- 1.3.2 Agricola as Governor of Aquitania -- 1.3.3 Agricola's Predecessors in Britain -- 1.3.4 Agricola in Britain -- 1.4 Conclusions -- 1.4.1 Techniques of Characterization -- 1.4.2 Characteristics -- 1.4.3 Issues and Concerns -- 1.4.4 View of Rome -- 2 Philo, Against Flaccus -- 2.1 Philo and Rome -- 2.2 Date, Genre, Audience, Purpose -- 2.3 Philo's Portraits of Flaccus -- 2.3.1 Flaccus Introduced -- 2.3.2 Flaccus as Model Governor -- 2.3.3 Flaccus' Decline -- 2.3.4 The Malicious Flaccus -- 2.3.5 Flaccus' Arrest and Punishment -- 2.4 Conclusions. |
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| ISBN: | 3110366037 |