Claiming Places

Reading Acts through the Lens of Ancient Colonization
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-16-156985-2
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, Band 525, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 233 mm x 156 mm, Gewicht: 439 g

Reihe: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2. Reihe

How is Acts of the Apostles - its form and features - to be understood in light of the work's ancient Mediterranean cultural context? In the present study, Eric C. Moore offers a fresh response to this much-debated question, arguing for the utility of ancient colonization as an analytic lens for reading Acts, a story about the origins and replication of early Christianity. He explores how in narrating his account, Luke draws on a common stock of "foundation" motifs employed by ancient sources, textual and material alike, to glorify community beginnings.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moore, Eric C.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus

Über Autor(innen)

Moore, Eric C.
Born 1976; MDiv from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (Biblical Studies); ThM from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (Biblical Studies); PhD in New Testament from Emory University; currently Adjunct Professor of New Testament at Candler School of Theology, Emory University, and Interdenominational Theological Center.