The Adams, Sean A. creator text bibliography Electronic books. enk 2013 monographic eng 1 online resource (xiii, 319 pages) "It is widely accepted by New Testament scholars that the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles probably originated as two parts of one work by a single author. In spite of this, the books have been assigned to very different genres: Luke is traditionally viewed as a biography of Jesus, and Acts as a history of the early church. Comparing in detail the structure and content of Acts with the formal features of history, novel, epic and biography, Sean Adams challenges this division. Applying both ancient and modern genre theory, he argues that the best genre parallel for the Acts of the Apostles is in fact collected biography. Offering a nuanced and sophisticated understanding of genre theory, along with an insightful argument regarding the composition and purpose of Acts, this book will be of interest to those studying the New Testament, Acts, genre theory and ancient literature"-- "It is widely accepted by New Testament scholars that the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles probably originated as two parts of one work by a single author"-- Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Modern and ancient genre theory; 3. Ancient individual and collected biographies; 4. Acts as collected biography; 5. Characterisation in Acts; 6. Peter, Paul and the ending of Acts; 7. Conclusion; Appendix 1. Literary topoi in ancient Greek biographies; Appendix 2. References to biographical works in Diogenes Laertius' Lives of the Philosophers; Appendix 3. Divisions in collected biographies. Sean A. Adams. Includes bibliographical references and index. Criticism, interpretation, etc Literary form Biography as a literary form RELIGION Biblical Studies New Testament RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Old Testament RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Wisdom Literature BS2625.52 .A33 2013eb 223.6/066 REL006220 Adams, Sean A. (DLC) 2013006197 (OCoLC)841198095 9781107417410 (electronic bk.) 1107417414 (electronic bk.) http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=622126 http://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/41042/cover/9781107041042.jpg http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=622126 http://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/41042/cover/9781107041042.jpg N$T 131203 20200709055915.0 ocn864552436 eng