Soldiers in Luke-Acts : Engaging, Contradicting, and Transcending the Stereotypes.
The author of Luke-Acts constructs a portrait of the Roman military that relies on a variety of literary stereotypes, anticipating that his authorial audience, familiar with the stereotypes, will bring their experience to bear in the process of more fully characterizing the soldiers. Expecting their...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Mohr Siebeck,
2014.
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| Series: | Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament.
362. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | The author of Luke-Acts constructs a portrait of the Roman military that relies on a variety of literary stereotypes, anticipating that his authorial audience, familiar with the stereotypes, will bring their experience to bear in the process of more fully characterizing the soldiers. Expecting their antipathy, Luke upsets his authorial audience's expectations. Laurie Brink demonstrates that the soldiers, in fact, do not wholly live up to their bad reputations. Engaging, contradicting and transcending the literary stereotypes, Luke creates a progressive portrait of the Roman soldier that demons. |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 1306535646 9781306535649 3161531647 9783161531644 |
