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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| 520 | |a 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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| 880 | 0 | 0 | |6 505-00/(S |g Machine generated contents note: |g ch. 1 |t Luke and the Military -- |g 1. |t Assessing the Situation -- |g 1.1. |t De re militari in Luke-Acts -- |g 1.2. |t Scholarly Investigations of the Military in Luke-Acts -- |g 2. |t Methodology: A Strategic Approach -- |g 2.1. |t Literary Criticism: Attending to the Narrative -- |g 2.2. |t Redaction Criticism: Seeing the Seams -- |g 2.3. |t Assumptions about the Text, Author, and Audience -- |g 2.3.1. |t About the Text -- |g 2.3.2. |t About the Author -- |g 2.3.3. |t About the Audience -- |g 2.3.3.1. |t Which Audience(s)-- |g 2.3.3.2. |t Lucan Authorial Audience -- |g 3. |t Plan of Action -- |g ch. 2 |t Characterization in Ancient Literature -- |g 1. |t Introduction -- |g 2. |t Process of Characterization and the Function of Narrative Personae -- |g 2.1. |t Creating Characters -- |g 2.1.1. |t Importance of 'Èδoξα in Characterization -- |g 2.1.2. |t Modern Literary Theory and the Creation of Character -- |g 2.1.3. |t Filling in the Gaps: The Role of the Audience -- |g 2.2. |t Narrative and Rhetorical Functions of Characters -- |g 3. |t Characterization of Soldiers in Greco-Roman Literature -- |g 3.1. |t Soldiers in the Historiographies -- |g 3.1.1. |t Experience in and of Battle -- |g 3.1.2. |t Historiographers' Characterization of Soldiers -- |g 3.2. |t Soldiers in the Comedies, Novels, and Satires -- |g 4. |t Conclusion -- |g ch. 3 |t Literary Stereotypes of Greco-Roman Soldiers -- |g 1. |t Introduction -- |g 1.1. |t Restricting Expectations: The Creation of Stereotypes -- |g 1.2. |t Homeric Origins of Divergent Military Stereotypes -- |g 2. |t Heirs of Odysseus and Thersites -- |g 2.1. |t Soldiers on the Battlefield -- |g 2.1.1. |t 'Aηρ 'Aγαθoσ -- |g 2.1.1.1. |t Brave Soldier -- |g 2.1.1.2. |t Holy Warrior -- |g 2.1.2. |t Undisciplined Soldier -- |g 2.1.2.1. |t Coward -- |g 2.1.2.2. |t Greedy Soldier -- |g 2.1.2.3. |t Mutineer -- |g 2.1.3. |t Conclusion: Responding to the Call to Arms -- |g 2.2. |t Policemen in the Provinces -- |g 2.2.1. |t Rescuer -- |g 2.2.2. |t Bully -- |g 2.2.3. |t Conclusion: Good Cop, Bad Cop -- |g 2.3. |t Veterans on the Home Front -- |g 2.3.1. |t Good Citizen -- |g 2.3.2. |t Braggart -- |g 2.3.3. |t Conclusion: Honorable and Dishonorable Discharge -- |g 3. |t Evaluation of Literary Military Stereotypes -- |g 3.1. |t Virtuous Military Stereotypes -- |g 3.2. |t Ignoble Military Stereotypes -- |g ch. 4 |t Stereotypical or Against the GrainThe Portrayals of Military Characters in Luke-Acts -- |g 1. |t Introduction -- |g 1.1. |t Province of Judea -- |g 1.2. |t Roman Auxiliary Cohorts -- |g 2. |t Characterization of Soldiers and Officers in the Gospel of Luke -- |g 2.1. |t Soldiers Questioning John the Baptist: Luke 3:14 -- |g 2.1.1. |t Bullies Shaking Down the Provincials -- |g 2.1.2. |t Soldiers Capable of Repentance -- |g 2.2. |t Soldiers at the Detainment and Crucifixion of Jesus: Luke 23 -- |g 2.2.1. |t Herodian Soldiers as Bullies -- |g 2.2.2. |t Roman Soldiers Obediently Following Orders -- |g 2.2.3. |t Centurion at the Cross Depicted as Eσεβησ -- |g 2.2.3.1. |t Obedient Officer Glorifying the God of the Jews -- |g 2.2.3.2. |t Centurion at the Cross Speaks -- |g 3. |t Characterization of Soldiers and Officers in the Acts of the Apostles -- |g 3.1. |t Soldiers of Herod Agrippa: Acts 12:4--11, 18--19 -- |g 3.2. |t Roman Soldiers and Officers Quartered in Jerusalem: Acts 21--23 -- |g 3.2.1. |t Setting the Scene -- |g 3.2.1.1. |t Tribune's First Rescue of Paul: Acts 21:27--40 -- |g 3.2.1.2. |t Tribune's Second Rescue of Paul: Acts 22:22--29 -- |g 3.2.1.3. |t Tribune Claudius Lysias' Final Rescue of Paul Acts 23:16--33 -- |g 3.2.2. |t Characterization of the Tribune Claudius Lysias and His Centurions -- |g 3.2.2.1. |t Tribune Claudius Lysias as a Rescuer and an 'Aηρ 'Aγαθoσ -- |g 3.2.2.2. |t Tribune Claudius Lysias as Outranked -- |g 3.2.2.3. |t Centurions Depicted as Comic Foils -- |g 3.3. |t Julius the Centurion, His Soldiers, and the Praetorian Guard: Acts 27--28 -- |g 3.3.1. |t Setting the Scene -- |g 3.3.2. |t Characterization of the Centurion and Soldiers in Chapters 27--28 -- |g 3.3.2.1. |t Centurion Julius as Φιλαθρωπoσ -- |g 3.3.2.2. |t Centurion Julius to the Rescue -- |g 4. |t Conclusion -- |g ch. Five |t Transcending Stereotypes: The Centurions of Capernaum and Caesarea -- |g 1. |t Introduction -- |g 2. |t Centurion of Capernaum: Luke 7:1--10 -- |g 2.1. |t Intertextual Antecedents -- |g 2.2. |t Luke's Redaction of Q -- |g 2.3. |t Analysis of the Characterization of the Centurion of Capernaum -- |g 2.3.1. |t Expecting the Centurion to be Depicted as a Bully -- |g 2.3.2. |t Expecting the Centurion to be Depicted as Greedy -- |g 2.3.3. |t Centurion and His Embassies -- |g 2.3.3.1. |t Jewish Πρεσβτερoι Present the Centurion as 'Àξιoσ -- |g 2.3.3.2. |t Φιλoι Represent the Centurion's Humility -- |g 2.3.4. |t Centurion Depicted as an 'Aηρ 'Aγαθoσ -- |g 3. |t Cornelius the Centurion: Acts 10 -- |g 3.1. |t Cornelius Event within the Acts of the Apostles -- |g 3.2. |t Analysis of the Characterization of Cornelius, the Centurion of Caesarea -- |g 3.2.1. |t Centurion Cornelius Depicted as a Roman 'Aηρ 'Aγαθoσ -- |g 3.2.2. |t Centurion Cornelius Depicted as Eσεβησ -- |g 3.2.3. |t Centurion Cornelius Hosts Peter the Apostle -- |g 4. |t Conclusion -- |g 4.1. |t Centurion of Capernaum as an Example of Πιστισ -- |g 4.2. |t Cornelius the Centurion as Filled with the Holy Spirit -- |g ch. Six |t Roman Soldier as a Parabolic Exemplum -- |g 1. |t Introduction -- |g 1.1. |t Greco-Roman Literary Stereotypes of Soldiers -- |g 1.2. |t Luke's Use of Stereotypes -- |g 2. |t Cumulative Characterization of Soldiers in Luke-Acts -- |g 3. |t Function of the Lucan Portrait of Soldiers -- |g 3.1. |t Narrative Audience and Lucan Soldiers -- |g 3.2. |t Roman Soldier as a Parabolic Exemplum. |
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