The Past as Legacy: Luke-Acts and Ancient EpicArgues that the historical occasion of the great literary epics was an analogous situation for the composition of Luke-Acts. |
Contents
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THE GREAT EPICS OF ANTIQUITY | 15 |
A FOUNDATIONAL EPIC FOR THE EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCH | 25 |
THE AENEID ROMES SACRED HISTORY | 31 |
VIRGIL AND THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE AENEID | 36 |
THEMES AND STRUCTURES IN BOOK 1 | 40 |
PROPHECY JOURNEY AND THE DIVINE MISSION | 46 |
WAR AND REVERSAL | 54 |
ACTS 2 | 95 |
THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND THEMES OF DIVISION AND REVERSAL | 119 |
LUKEACTS RECONSIDERED | 129 |
LUKE 12 | 132 |
LUKE 312 | 135 |
LUKE 1324 | 143 |
ACTS 115 | 151 |
ACTS 1628 | 166 |
THE AENEID AS A PARADIGM AND INSPIRATION FOR LUKEACTS | 56 |
FIRSTCENTURY ADAPTATIONS OF VIRGILIAN EPIC | 61 |
LUCANS DE BELLO CIVILI | 65 |
LITERATURE AND IDEOLOGY UNDER VESPASIAN TITLE AND DOMITIAN | 69 |
PESSIMISTIC REJOINDER TO VIRGILIAN PROPHECY | 74 |
REVISING AUGUSTAN ESCHATOLOGV | 78 |
HISTORICAL EXTENSION OF VIRGILIAN MYTHOLOGY | 81 |
THE LEGACY OF LATIN EPIC AND ITS RELEVANCE FOR LUKEACTS | 85 |
THE DRAMATIC UNFOLDING OF PROPHECY AND HISTORY IN LUKEACTS | 87 |
LUKE AND THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF LUKEACTS | 92 |
LUKEACTS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF GENRE TO INTERPRETATION | 183 |
AN EPIC PRESENTATION OF CHRISTIAN ORIGINS | 189 |
THE AENEID AND ITS CRITICAL INTERPRETERS | 195 |
THE DATING OF VALERIUS FLACCUSS ARGONAUTICA | 203 |
STEFAN WEINSTOCKS COMPARATIVE PRESENTATION OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL LISTS OF PAULUS ALEXANDRINUS AND LUKE ACT... | 205 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Past as Legacy: Luke-Acts and Ancient Epic |
| Author | Marianne Palmer Bonz |
| Publisher | Fortress Press, 2000 |
| ISBN | 1451413572, 9781451413571 |
| Length | 230 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Biblical Commentary / New Testament Religion / Biblical Studies / New Testament Religion / Christianity / History |
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