The writings of Luke and the Jewish roots of the Christian way: an examination of the aims of the first Christian historian in the light of ancient politics, ethnography, and historiography
Cover -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Translation -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 The Old Is Good? The Writings of Luke and the Christian Movement's Jewish Roots in Recent Scholarship -- 1.1 The Origin and Varieties of the Antiquity Proposal...
| Summary: | Cover -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Translation -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 The Old Is Good? The Writings of Luke and the Christian Movement's Jewish Roots in Recent Scholarship -- 1.1 The Origin and Varieties of the Antiquity Proposal -- 1.2 Criticisms of the Antiquity Proposal -- 1.3 The Plan and Argument of This Study -- 1.4 Preliminary Qualifications -- Chapter 2 Dionysius of Halicarnassus and the Ancient Greek Roots of the Roman People -- 2.1 The Ancient Greek Ancestry of the First Romans -- 2.1.1 The Aborigines -- 2.1.2 The Pelasgians -- 2.1.3 Evander and the Arcadians -- 2.1.4 The Expedition of Hercules -- 2.1.5 Aeneas and the Trojans -- 2.1.6 Conclusion -- 2.2 The Greek Culture of Rome -- 2.2.1 The Romans' Greek Customs -- 2.2.2 The Romans' Greek Laws -- 2.2.3 The Romans' Greek Religious Practices -- 2.2.4 Conclusion -- 2.3 The Superior Virtue of Rome -- 2.3.1 The Superiority of Rome's Constitution and Laws -- 2.3.2 The Superior Virtue of Rome in Action -- 2.3.2.1 Rome's Conflict with Alba -- 2.3.2.2 Roman Virtue in the Pyrrhic War -- 2.3.3 Conclusion -- 2.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Josephus and the Antiquity of the Jewish People -- 3.1 The Antiquity of the Jewish People -- 3.1.1 Josephus's Concern with the Issue of Antiquity -- 3.1.2 Josephus's Arguments and Aims in Emphasizing Jewish Antiquity -- 3.1.3 Conclusion -- 3.2 The Noble Origins of the Jewish People -- 3.2.1 Josephus's Arguments for the Nobility of Jewish Origins -- 3.2.2 Josephus's Employment of Greco-Roman Categories in Depicting Jewish Origins -- 3.2.2.1 The Jewish Forefathers as Philosophers -- 3.2.2.2 The Jewish Forefathers and the Classic Cardinal Virtues -- 3.2.3 Conclusion -- 3.3 The Superiority of the Jewish Constitution -- 3.3.1 The Centrality of the Jewish Laws in Antiquitates judaicae. |
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| ISBN: | 0567684040 |