Reading Luke-Acts in its Mediterranean milieu /
by Charles H. Talbert.
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.
- 1 online resource (xii, 255 pages)
- Supplements to Novum Testamentum, v. 107 0167-9732 ; .
- Supplements to Novum Testamentum ; v. 107. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-231) and indexes.
Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. On Reading Luke and Acts; 2. Succession in Luke-Acts and in the Lukan Milieu; 3. Reading Aune's Reading of Talbert; 4. Prophecies of Future Greatness: The Contributions of Greco-Roman Biographies to an Understanding of Luke 1:5-4:1; 5. Jesus' Birth in Luke and the Nature of Religious Language; 6. The Way of the Lukan Jesus: Dimensions of Lukan Spirituality; 7. Martyrdom in Luke-Acts and the Lukan Social Ethic; 8. The Place of the Resurrection in the Theology of Luke; 9. Conversion in the Acts of the Apostles: Ancient Auditors' Perceptions.
This volume pulls together 13 essays written by the author since the late 1970s, which give a distinctive, coherent reading of Luke-Acts.
Bible.--Luke--Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible.--Acts--Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible--New Testament.--Luc--Critique, interpr�etation, etc. Bible--New Testament.--Actes des Ap�otres--Critique, interpr�etation, etc.