Divine visitations and hospitality to strangers in Luke-Acts: an interpretation of the Malta episode in Acts 28:1-10

This study presents a coherent interpretation of the Malta episode by arguing that Acts 28:1-10 narrates a theoxeny, that is, an account of unknowing hospitality to a god which results in the establishment of a fictive kinship relationship between the Maltese barbarians and Paul and his God. In ligh...

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Main Author: Jipp, Joshua W. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden Brill 2013
In: Supplements to Novum Testamentum (153)
Year: 2013
Reviews:[Rezension von: Jipp, Joshua W., Divine visitations and hospitality to strangers in Luke-Acts : an interpretation of the Malta episode in Acts 28:1-10] (2019) (Nassauer, Gudrun, 1981 -)
[Rezension von: Jipp, Joshua W., Divine visitations and hospitality to strangers in Luke-Acts : an interpretation of the Malta episode in Acts 28:1-10] (2015) (Wehnert, Jürgen, 1952 -)
[Rezension von: Jipp, Joshua W., Divine visitations and hospitality to strangers in Luke-Acts : an interpretation of the Malta episode in Acts 28:1-10] (2015) (Phillips, Thomas E.)
Edition:Online-Ausg.
Series/Journal:Supplements to Novum Testamentum 153
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible. Apostelgeschichte 28,1-10 / Hospitality
Further subjects:B Paul Travel Malta
B Hospitality Religious aspects
B Hospitality in literature
B Gods, Greek, in literature
B Paul the Apostle, Saint Travel (Malta)
B Strangers in the Bible
B Hospitality in the Bible
B Thesis
B Bible. Acts XXVIII, 1-10 Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Summary:This study presents a coherent interpretation of the Malta episode by arguing that Acts 28:1-10 narrates a theoxeny, that is, an account of unknowing hospitality to a god which results in the establishment of a fictive kinship relationship between the Maltese barbarians and Paul and his God. In light of the connection between hospitality and piety to the gods in the ancient Mediterranean, Luke ends his second volume in this manner to portray Gentile hospitality as the appropriate response to Paul's message of God's salvation - a response that portrays them as hospitable exemplars within the Lukan narrative and contrasts them with the Roman Jews who reject Paul and his message
Item Description:Slightly revised version of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Emory University. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-308) and indexes
ISBN:9004258000
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Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/9789004258006