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The acts of Thomas : introduction, text, and commentary
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ISBN: 1280467169 9781417505974 9786610467167 1417505974 9047401905 9789047401902 9004129375 9781417505975 9789004129375 9781280467165 6610467161 Year: 2003 Volume: 108 Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill,

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This is the second edition of a book published as long ago as 1962. The at that time relatively young Dr. A.F.J. Klijn was brought up in the school of W.C. van Unnik and G. Quispel, both in Utrecht. In his book about the Acts of Thomas he tried to demonstrate that this work cannot be reckoned among the Gnostic writings but belongs to the early Syriac or rather Eastern Christian tradition. In the last decades much has been written about Syriac Christianity, which made it necessary to rewrite the original introduction of this book. The commentary has mainly been left as it was, although many additions have been made to its great number of valuable references.

Does the New Testament imitate Homer? : four cases from the Acts of the Apostles
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ISBN: 0300097700 9786611722395 1281722391 0300129890 9780300129892 9780300097702 Year: 2003 Publisher: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press,

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In this provocative challenge to prevailing views of New Testament sources, Dennis R. MacDonald argues that the origins of passages in the book of Acts are to be found not in early Christian legends but in the epics of Homer. MacDonald focuses on four passages in the book of Acts, examines their potential parallels in the Iliad, and concludes that the author of Acts composed them using famous scenes in Homer's work as a model. Tracing the influence of passages from the Iliad on subsequent ancient literature, MacDonald shows how the story generated a vibrant, mimetic literary tradition long before Luke composed the Acts. Luke could have expected educated readers to recognize his transformation of these tales and to see that the Christian God and heroes were superior to Homeric gods and heroes. Building upon and extending the analytic methods of his earlier book, The Homeric Epics and the Gospel of Mark, MacDonald opens an original and promising appreciation not only of Acts but also of the composition of early Christian narrative in general.

Reading Luke-Acts in its Mediterranean milieu
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ISBN: 1280467231 9786610467235 1423711912 9047401980 9789047401988 9004129642 9781423711919 9789004129641 Year: 2003 Volume: 107 Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill,

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This volume pulls together thirteen essays written by the author since the late 1970's which give a distinctive, coherent reading of Luke-Acts. Twelve of the essays focus on the theological perspectives of Luke and Acts as they can be discerned from the angle of vision of the 'authorial audience' as delineated by the non-biblical literary critic, Peter J. Rabinowitz. The final essay focuses on the possible historical value of Acts and the methodology involved in judging that possibility.

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