Characters and Characterization in Luke-Acts

Frank E. Dicken is Assistant Professor of New Testament at Lincoln Christian University, USA.Julia A. Snyder is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of Regensburg, German.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsContentsIntroduction - Frank Dicken, Lincoln Christian University, USA and Julia Snyder, Humboldt Universität, GermanyPart 1: The Gospel of LukeChapter 1. The Woman Who Crashed Simon's Party: A Reader-Response Approach to Luke 7:36-50, James L. Resseguie, Winebrenner Theological Seminary, USAChapter 2. Levi's Banquet (Lk 5.39-39) and Lukan Discipleship: Group Characters and Christian Identity Formation, John A. Darr, Boston College, USAChapter 3. Zechariah and Gabriel as Thematic Characters: A Narratological Reading of the Beginning of Luke's Gospel (Luke 1.8-20), Hannah M. Cocksworth, King Edward's School, UK Chapter 4. The Characterization of the Two Brothers in the Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15.11-32): Their Function and Afterlives, David B. Gowler, Oxford College of Emory University, USAChapter 5. A Woman's Touch: Manual and Emotional Dynamics of Female Characters in Luke's Gospel, F. Scott Spencer, Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, USAChapter 6. The Rich Are the Bad Guys: Lukan Characters and Wealth Ethics, Cornelis Bennema, Union School of Theology, UKChapter 7. A Cognitive Narratological Approach to the Characterization(s) of Zacchaeus, Joel B. Green, Fuller Theological Seminary, USAPart 2: The Acts of the ApostlesChapter 8. Jesus, Present and/or Absent? The Presence and presentation of Jesus as a Character in the Book of Acts, Steve Walton, St Mary's University, UKChapter 9. Sight and Spectacle: 'Seeing' Paul in the Book of Acts, Brittany E. Wilson, Duke University Divinity School, USAChapter 10. The Characterization of Disciples in Acts: Genre, Method and Quality, Sean A. Adams, University of Glasgow, UKChapter 11. Sociolinguistic Dynamics and Characterization in the Acts of the Apostles, Julia A. Snyder, Humboldt Universität, Germany Chapter 12. Simeon in Acts 15.14 Simon Peter and Echoes of Simeons Past, Stephen E. Fowl, Loyola University Maryland, USAChapter 13. Herod As Jesus' Executioner: Possibilities in Lukan Reception and Wirkungsgeschichte, Frank E. Dicken, Lincoln Christian University, USABibliography

…the contents of each essay in this volume are of a high caliber and worthy of consideration… The diversity of methodological approaches, perspectives, and literary insights make this volume a helpful and valuable contribution to scholarship on Luke-Acts.