Dennis R. Macdonald

Luke and the Politics of Homeric Imitation

Luke-Acts as Rival to the Aeneid

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Produktbeschreibung

In this book MacDonald guides his reader through Luke-Acts from beginning to end to identify and interpret the author's imitations of classical Greek poetry, arguing that Luke's two-volume work was a prose epic to provide his readers with a foundation myth for the new social reality that the Christian Church had become.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fortress Academic
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 611g
• ISBN-13: 9781978701380
• ISBN-10: 1978701381
• Artikelnr.: 53686431

Autorenporträt

Dennis R. MacDonald has taught New Testament and Christian origins at Goshen College, Iliff School of Theology, and the Claremont School of Theology.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1. A Mimetic Commentary on the Gospel of Luke Part 2. A
Mimetic Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles Conclusion: Mimesis
Criticism and Luke's Politics of Homeric Imitation Appendix 1. Luke's
Retention of Mark's Homeric Mimesis Appendix 2. The Sequence of Imitations
in Luke-Acts