Plots of epiphany : prison-escape in Acts of the Apostles / John B. Weaver.
Series: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche ; Beiheft 131.Publisher: Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter, [2004]Copyright date: ©2004Description: 1 online resource (347 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9783110915617
- 3110915618
- Bible. Acts -- Criticism, Form
- Bible. New Testament. Actes des Apôtres -- Critique de la forme
- Apostelgeschichte
- Miracles -- Comparative studies
- Escapes -- Mythology -- Comparative studies
- Myth in the Bible
- Miracles -- Études comparatives
- Évasions -- Mythologie -- Études comparatives
- Mythe dans la Bible
- RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Jesus, the Gospels & Acts
- RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- New Testament
- Handelingen der Apostelen (bijbelboek)
- Gevangenschap
- Ontsnappingen
- Gefangenenbefreiung
- Epiphanie
- Zeithintergrund
- 226.6/06 22
- BS2625.6.M5 W43 2004eb
- 11.46
Slight Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Emory University, 2004.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-314) and indexes.
Prison-escape and myth-criticism -- Epiphanic rescue from prison in ancient myth and history -- "Beginning from Jerusalem" : prison-escape and the mythopoesis of Christian origins in Acts 1-7 -- Rescue and regicide : the poetics and politics of group validation in Acts 12 -- "A door of faith opened to the Gentiles" : prison epiphany and cult foundation in Acts 16.
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