Foreign But Familiar Gods

Greco-Romans Read Religion in Acts
Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-567-08097-4
Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 446 g

Reihe: The Library of New Testament Studies

Where and why does Luke include references in Acts to Graeco-Roman gods and religious practices? How do these explicit and implicit mentions relate to other literature, inscriptions and artifacts from the same period? Through a close and informative reading of seven key texts in Acts, Kauppi analyses the appearances of Graeco-

Roman religion, offering evidence of practices including divination and oracles, ruler cult and civic foundation myth. Foreign But Familiar Gods then uses a combination of these scriptural texts and other contemporary evidence (including archaeological and literary material) to suggest that one of Luke's subsidiary themes is to contrast Graeco- Roman and Christian religious conceptualizations and practices. This is volume 277 of the Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement series.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kauppi, Lynn Allan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Religionen der Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Bibelwissenschaften: Sachbuch, Erbauung, Didaktik
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Neues Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Lynn Allan Kauppi
Lynn Allan Kauppi is a former reference books editor and a freelance editor.