Centering on God: Method and Message in Luke-ActsThis comprehensive consideration of Luke-Acts offers lucid introductions to a wide variety of exegetical methods. Emphasizing the use of literary criticism, and relating the methods of Roland Barthes's five literary voices, the author analyzes point of view, levels of reliability, and strategies for reformulating reader response, narrative structure, characterization, textual gaps, the cultural repertoire, and redundant antitheses. This book advocates synthesis as the ultimate aim of reading and interpreting and opens new avenues for understanding this important unit of New Testament literature. |
Contents
Series Preface | 8 |
The Logic of the Story in Acts | 86 |
Peter and Paul | 139 |
Shared Presumptions | 159 |
The Challenge of Synthesis | 212 |
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According accusations action Acts addition angels answer anticipates antitheses apostles associates authority becomes believers biblical character characterization Christian claims closely comes competence conjunction context continues conventional corresponds creates David death demons direct disciples discovery divine establishes evaluative expectations faith fruit function Further future gathering Gentiles gives God's hand healing Holy Spirit human identifies identity implies inside interpretation Israel Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jews John Judas judge kingdom lawyer literary Lord Luke Luke-Acts manifest meaning Messiah ministry mission move narrative need narrative schema narrator norms opponents opposition parable parallels Paul Paul's performance perspective Peter phase polemical prediction programs progressive promise prophets provides question raises reader recalls reference rejection relation relationship resurrection revelation reversal sanction Satan says shows side similar speech stage stand story structure suffering symbolic things tion turn twelve understanding voice witness
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Centering on God: Method and Message in Luke-Acts Literary currents in biblical interpretation |
| Author | Robert Lawson Brawley |
| Publisher | Westminster John Knox Press, 1990 |
| ISBN | 0664251331, 9780664251338 |
| Length | 256 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / New Testament Religion / Reference |
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