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Death and resurrection : the shape and function of a literary motif in the book of Acts / Dennis J. Horton ; preface by Mikeal Parsons.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Cambridge, England : James Clarke & Co, 2011Copyright date: ©2009Description: 1 online resource (139 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780227903049
  • 0227903048
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Death and resurrection : the shape and function of a literary motif in the book of Acts.DDC classification:
  • 226.6/06 22
LOC classification:
  • BS2625.6.D45 .H67 2011eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Information; Contents; Dedication; Abbreviations; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; 1. Diegesis and the Messianic Model: "Telling" the Motif; 2. Mimesis and the Major Characters: "Showing" the Motif (Part I); 3. Mimesis and the Minor Characters: "Showing" the Motif (Part II); 4. Intensification through Contrast: The Secondary Motif of Death and Decay; Conclusion; Bibliography; Back Cover.
Summary: Dennis Horton highlights the shape and function of the death-and-resurrection motif by applying William Freedman's criteria of a literary motif to the Acts narrative. By analyzing the statements about death and resurrection together with the examples of this messianic pattern among the experiences of major and minor characters, the motif becomes clear. This central theme then becomes intensified through contrast with a secondary motif, that of death and decay. Death and Resurrection provides a clear example of a biblical motif and how it develops and functions within the narrative, serving as.
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Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Information; Contents; Dedication; Abbreviations; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; 1. Diegesis and the Messianic Model: "Telling" the Motif; 2. Mimesis and the Major Characters: "Showing" the Motif (Part I); 3. Mimesis and the Minor Characters: "Showing" the Motif (Part II); 4. Intensification through Contrast: The Secondary Motif of Death and Decay; Conclusion; Bibliography; Back Cover.

Dennis Horton highlights the shape and function of the death-and-resurrection motif by applying William Freedman's criteria of a literary motif to the Acts narrative. By analyzing the statements about death and resurrection together with the examples of this messianic pattern among the experiences of major and minor characters, the motif becomes clear. This central theme then becomes intensified through contrast with a secondary motif, that of death and decay. Death and Resurrection provides a clear example of a biblical motif and how it develops and functions within the narrative, serving as.

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