TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smith,Mitzi J.
TI  - The literary construction of the Other in the Acts of the Apostles: charismatics, the Jews, and women 
SN  - 9780227900741
AV  - BS2825.52 .S65 2012eb
U1  - 226.606 23
PY  - 2012///, ©2011
CY  - Cambridge, U.K.
PB  - James Clarke
KW  - Bible
KW  - Acts
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - fast
KW  - Charisma (Personality trait)
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Jews in the New Testament
KW  - Other (Philosophy) in the Bible
KW  - Women in the Bible
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Biblical Studies
KW  - Jesus, the Gospels & Acts
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - New Testament
KW  - RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; The construction of charismatics as external other -- The construction of the Jews as external other -- The construction of women as internal other and Peter -- The construction of women as internal other and Paul
N2  - The Literary Construction of the Other in the Acts of the Apostles explores the beginnings of the Christian Church, showing how early believers united and created a self-identity through delimiting the Other. Mitzi Smith shows how the creation and subjugation of the Other was crucial for the expansion of Christianity by the Apostles. Mitzi Smith employs Jonathon Smith's theory of otherness as a framework for analysing Luke's literary and discursive construction of character in Acts. In order to define the Self we define the Other, using opposition as a form of definition and subjugation. Furthe
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