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Characters and characterization in Luke-Acts / edited by Frank E. Dicken and Julia A. Snyder.

Contributor(s): Dicken, Frank, 1978- [editor.] | Snyder, Julia A, 1980- [editor.]
Material type: TextTextSeries: Library of New Testament studies: 548.; T & T Clark library of biblical studies: Publisher: London ; New York : Bloomsbury T&T Clark, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016Description: x, 254 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780567663917; 0567663914Subject(s): Bible. Luke -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Bible. Acts -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Characters and characteristics in the BibleBibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-231) and indexes.
Contents:
Frank Dicken and Julia Snyder -- The woman who crashed Simon's party: a reader-response approach to Luke 7:36-50 / James L. Resseguie -- Levi's banquet (Luke 5:29-39) and Lukan discipleship: group characters and Christian identity formation / John A. Darr -- Zechariah and Gabriel as thematic characters: a narratological reading of the beginning of Luke's gospel (Luke 1:8-20) / Hannah M. Cocksworth -- The characterization of the two brothers in the parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32): their function and afterlives / David B. Gowler -- A woman's touch: manual and emotional dynamics of female characters in Luke's gospel / F. Scott Spencer -- The rich are the bad guys: Lukan characters and wealth ethics / Cornelis Bennema -- A cognitive narratological approach to the characterization(s) of Zacchaeus / Joel B. Green -- Jesus, present and/or absent? The presence and presentation of Jesus as a character in the book of Acts / Steve Walton -- Sight and spectacle: "seeing" Paul in the book of Acts / Britanny E. Wilson -- The characterization of disciples in Acts: genre, method, and quality / Sean A. Adams -- Sociolinguistic dynamics and characterization in the Acts of the Apostles / Julia A. Snyder -- Simeon in Acts 15:14: Simon Peter and echoes of Simeons past / Stephen E. Fowl -- Herod as Jesus' executioner: possibilities in Lukan reception and Wirkungsgeschichte / Frank E. Dicken.
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Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library 1 East BS2589 .C49 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182903516272

Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-231) and indexes.

Introduction / Frank Dicken and Julia Snyder -- The woman who crashed Simon's party: a reader-response approach to Luke 7:36-50 / James L. Resseguie -- Levi's banquet (Luke 5:29-39) and Lukan discipleship: group characters and Christian identity formation / John A. Darr -- Zechariah and Gabriel as thematic characters: a narratological reading of the beginning of Luke's gospel (Luke 1:8-20) / Hannah M. Cocksworth -- The characterization of the two brothers in the parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32): their function and afterlives / David B. Gowler -- A woman's touch: manual and emotional dynamics of female characters in Luke's gospel / F. Scott Spencer -- The rich are the bad guys: Lukan characters and wealth ethics / Cornelis Bennema -- A cognitive narratological approach to the characterization(s) of Zacchaeus / Joel B. Green -- Jesus, present and/or absent? The presence and presentation of Jesus as a character in the book of Acts / Steve Walton -- Sight and spectacle: "seeing" Paul in the book of Acts / Britanny E. Wilson -- The characterization of disciples in Acts: genre, method, and quality / Sean A. Adams -- Sociolinguistic dynamics and characterization in the Acts of the Apostles / Julia A. Snyder -- Simeon in Acts 15:14: Simon Peter and echoes of Simeons past / Stephen E. Fowl -- Herod as Jesus' executioner: possibilities in Lukan reception and Wirkungsgeschichte / Frank E. Dicken.