Shaping the Past to Define the Present
Luke-Acts and Apologetic Historiography
- 304 pages
- English
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About this book
Rethinking early Christian identity with the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles?
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Shaping the Past to Define the Present comprises both new and revised essays by esteemed New Testament scholar Gregory E. Sterling on Jewish and early Christian historiography. A sequel to his seminal work,
Historiography and Self-Definition, this volume expands on Sterling's reading of Luke-Acts in the context of contemporary Jewish and Greek historiography. These systematically arranged essays encompass his new and revised contributions to the field of biblical studies, exploring:?
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• the genre of apologetic historiography exemplified by Josephus and Eusebius?
• the context of Josephus's work within a larger tradition of Eastern historiography?
• the initial composition and circulation of Luke and Acts?
• the relationship of Luke-Acts to the Septuagint?
• the interpretation of the diaspora in Luke-Acts?
• the structure of salvation history as it is manifested in Luke-Acts??
• Socratic influences on Luke's portrayal of Jesus's death?
• the early Jerusalem Christian community as depicted in Acts compared with other Hellenized Eastern traditions such as Egyptian priests and Indian sages?
• the establishment of Christianity's "social respectability" as a guiding purpose in Luke-Acts??
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Engaging with current critical frameworks, Sterling offers readers a comprehensive analysis of early Christian self-definition through Judeo-Christian historiography.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part One: The Historiographical Tradition: Luke-Acts as Apologetic Historiography
- Part Two: The Connection to the Past: The Story of Israel in Luke-Acts
- Part Three: Looking to the Future: The Greco-Roman World in Luke-Acts
- Conclusions
- Bibliography