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Scholars have long noted the prevalence of praise of God in Luke-Acts. This monograph offers the first comprehensive analysis of this important feature of Luke's narrative. It focuses on twenty-six scenes in which praise occurs, studied in light of ancient Jewish and Greco-Roman discourse about praise of deity and in comparison with how praise appears in the narratives of Tobit and Joseph and Aseneth. The book argues that praise of God functions as a literary motif in all three narratives, serving to mark important moments in each plot, particularly in relation to the themes of healing, conversion, and revelation. In Luke-Acts specifically, the plot presents the long-expected visitation of God, which arrives in the person of Jesus, bringing glory to the people of Israel and revelation to the Gentiles. The motif of praise of God aligns closely with the plot's structure, communicating to the reader that varied (and often surprising) events in the story - such as healings in Luke and conversions in Acts - together comprise the plan of God. The praise motif thus demonstrates the author's efforts to combine disparate source material into carefully constructed historiography.

Praise of God. --- שבחי אלוהים --- God --- Praise --- New Testament. --- הברית החדשה. --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Criticism, Narrative. --- Relation to the Old Testament. --- ביקורת ספרותית --- יחס לתנ"ך --- Relation to the Old Testament --- ביקורת, פרשנות וכד' --- Praise of God --- 226.4 --- 226.6 --- Evangelie volgens Lucas --- Handelingen der apostelen. Akten van de apostelen --- Bible. --- Luc (Book of the New Testament) --- Lucas (Book of the New Testament) --- Luka (Book of the New Testament) --- Lukan săn zăn︠g︡g (Book of the New Testament) --- Lukas (Book of the New Testament) --- Luke (Book of the New Testament) --- Lūqā (Book of the New Testament) --- Nuga pogŭm (Book of the New Testament) --- Ruka den --- Ruka ni yoru fukuinsho --- Acts (Book of the New Testament) --- Acts of the Apostles --- Chongdo haengjŏn --- Sado haengjŏn --- Bible --- Criticism, interpretation, etc --- Criticism, Narrative --- Apocrypha /Tobit. --- Early Judaism. --- Narrative Criticism. --- New Testament /Luke Acts. --- Praise /Worship (Ancient).