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Claiming Places: Reading Acts Through the Lens of Ancient Colonization

Eric C. Moore

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Description:How is Acts of the Apostles – its form and features – to be understood in light of the work's ancient Mediterranean cultural context? In the present study, Eric C. Moore offers a fresh response to this much-debated question, arguing for the utility of ancient colonization as an analytic lens for reading Acts, a story about the origins and replication of early Christianity. He explores how in narrating his account, Luke draws on a common stock of »foundation« motifs employed by ancient sources, textual and material alike, to glorify community beginnings.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Claiming Places: Reading Acts Through the Lens of Ancient Colonization. To get started finding Claiming Places: Reading Acts Through the Lens of Ancient Colonization, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 270

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Release: 2020

ISBN: 3161569857

Description: How is Acts of the Apostles – its form and features – to be understood in light of the work's ancient Mediterranean cultural context? In the present study, Eric C. Moore offers a fresh response to this much-debated question, arguing for the utility of ancient colonization as an analytic lens for reading Acts, a story about the origins and replication of early Christianity. He explores how in narrating his account, Luke draws on a common stock of »foundation« motifs employed by ancient sources, textual and material alike, to glorify community beginnings.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Claiming Places: Reading Acts Through the Lens of Ancient Colonization. To get started finding Claiming Places: Reading Acts Through the Lens of Ancient Colonization, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Claiming Places: Reading Acts Through the Lens of Ancient Colonization

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