The Book of Acts in the setting of Hellenistic history

Cover -- Titel -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Principal Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Acts and Historicity -- The Neglect of Historicity -- Historicity and Scholarship -- Objections to an Attempt to Reopen the Question -- The Importance of Historicity -- Conclusions -- Chapter 2: Preliminary Qu...

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Main Author: Hemer, Colin J. (Author)
Contributors: Gempf, Conrad H. (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Tübingen Mohr Siebeck 1989
In: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament (49)
Year: 1989
Reviews:[Rezension von: Hemer, Colin J., The Book of Acts in the setting of Hellenistic history (WUNT 49)] (1992) (Kraabel, Alf Thomas, 1934 - 2016)
[Rezension von: Hemer, Colin J., The Book of Acts in the setting of Hellenistic history] (1992)
[Rezension von: Hemer, Colin J., The Book of Acts in the setting of Hellenistic history] (1990) (Bayer, Hans F., 1954 -)
[Rezension von: Hemer, Colin J., The Book of Acts in the setting of Hellenistic history] (1990) (Matthews, Christopher R.)
[Rezension von: Hemer, Colin J., The Book of Acts in the setting of Hellenistic history] (1990) (Johnson, Luke Timothy, 1943 -)
[Rezension von: Hemer, Colin J., The Book of Acts in the setting of Hellenistic history] (1990) (Schille, Gottfried, 1929 - 2005)
[Rezension von: Hemer, Colin J., The Book of Acts in the setting of Hellenistic history] (1990) (Schille, Gottfried, 1929 - 2005)
Edition:1st ed.
Series/Journal:Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 49
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Acts of the Apostles / Historical background
B Acts of the Apostles / Hellenism
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
Further subjects:B Bible ; Acts ; History of contemporary events
B Electronic books
B Historical background
B Acts of the Apostles
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Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:Cover -- Titel -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Principal Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Acts and Historicity -- The Neglect of Historicity -- Historicity and Scholarship -- Objections to an Attempt to Reopen the Question -- The Importance of Historicity -- Conclusions -- Chapter 2: Preliminary Questions -- The Unity of Luke-Acts -- The Genre of Luke-Acts -- The Meaning of Historicity -- Approaches to the Question -- The Textual Problem -- Sources for the Context -- Chapter 3: Ancient Historiography -- The Problem of 'Parallels' -- Literature about Ancient Historiography -- Topics Illustrating the Diversity of Ancient Historiographical Practice -- Biography as an Alternative Model for the Historiography of Luke -- Luke and Josephus -- Conclusions -- Chapter 4: Types of Knowledge Displayed in Acts -- Common Knowledge -- Specialized Knowledge -- Specific Local Knowledge -- Chapter 5: The Evidence of Historical Details in Acts -- Correlations of Date with Ostensible Chronology -- Details Broadly Suggestive of Date -- Correlations between Acts and Epistles -- Latent Internal Correlations within Acts -- Details Involving Differences between Alexandrian and Western Texts -- Unstudied Allusions -- Differences of Formulation within Acts -- Peculiar Selection of Detail -- Immediacy in Details -- Idioms or Cultural Features Suggestive of Date of Composition -- Interrelated Complexes Leading to Larger Areas of Historical Reconstruction -- New Background Information: Unfinished Tasks -- Uncheckable Details -- Implications -- Excursus: Names And Titles In Acts -- Local Names and Titles Illustrative of the Text -- 'Jerusalem' and 'Luke' -- Place-Names and Ethnic Titles in Acts and the Inscriptions -- Chapter 6: Acts and Epistles -- Introduction -- 'Theological Disparity' between Paul and Luke -- The Heart of the Historical Question -- Chronology.
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ISBN:3161574427