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Divine Visitations and Hospitality to Strangers in Luke-Acts

An Interpretation of the Malta Episode in Acts 28:1-10

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

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This study presents a coherent interpretation of the Malta episode by arguing that Acts 28:1-10 narrates a theoxeny, that is, an account of unknowing hospitality to a god which results in the establishment of a fictive kinship relationship between the Maltese barbarians and Paul and his God. In light of the connection between hospitality and piety to the gods in the ancient Mediterranean, Luke ends his second volume in this manner to portray Gentile hospitality as the appropriate response to Paul’s message of God’s salvation -- a response that portrays them as hospitable exemplars within the Lukan narrative and contrasts them with the Roman Jews who reject Paul and his message.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2013-09-13
Mått155 x 235 x 25 mm
Vikt669 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieNovum Testamentum, Supplements
Antal sidor336
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004255821

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Chapter 1: The Episode at Malta (Acts 28:1-10): A Lukan Text ‘Full of the Viewpoint of Antiquity’Chapter 2: Placing the Episode at Malta: A Preliminary Examination of Acts 28:1-10 within its Literary ContextChapter 3: Establishing the Cultural Script of Hospitality to Strangers in the Graeco-Roman WorldChapter 4: The Cultural Script of Hospitality to Strangers in the Hebrew Bible and Post-biblical Jewish LiteratureChapter 5: The Grammar, Symbols, and Practices of Hospitality in the Lukan WritingsChapter 6: Divine Visitations and Hospitality in Luke-ActsChapter 7: Divine Visitations and Hospitality in the Malta Episode: An Interpretation of Acts 28:1-10 and its Literary Function in Luke-ActsBibliography

"offers a robust model of the integration of traditional historical-critical and contemporary literary modes of interpretation. [...] a fresh and evocative reading of both the Malta episode and of hospitality themes in Luke-Acts. The volume is highly recommended for Lukan scholars and persons interested in social patterns and practices in early Christianity." – Thomas E. Phillips, Claremont School of Theology, in: Biblical Interpretation 23 (2015)