Through Many Tribulations: The Theology of Persecution in Luke-ActsThis book, the first comprehensive study of persecution in Luke-Acts from a literary and theological perspective, argues that the author uses the theme of persecution in pursuit of his theological agenda. It brings to the surface six theological functions of the persecution theme, which has an important paraenetic and especially apologetic role for Luke's persecuted community. The persecution Luke's readers suffer is evidence that they are legitimate recipients of God's salvific blessings. |
Contents
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Chapter 2 THE THEOLOGY OF PERSECUTION IN THE GOSPEL OF LUKE | 42 |
Chapter 3 THE THEOLOGY OF PERSECUTION IN THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES | 186 |
Chapter 4 THEOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS OF THE PERSECUTION THEME IN LUKEACTS | 295 |
Chapter 5 THE THEOLOGY OF PERSECUTION AND THE PURPOSE OF LUKEACTS | 328 |
CONCLUSION | 337 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Through Many Tribulations: The Theology of Persecution in Luke-Acts Volume 142 of The Library of New Testament Studies |
| Author | Scott Cunningham |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing, 1997 |
| ISBN | 0567564002, 9780567564009 |
| Length | 376 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Biblical Studies / General |
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