Strange Acts
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Strange Acts

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Strange Acts

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Die Reihe Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fĂŒr die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZNW) ist eine der Ă€ltesten undrenommiertesten internationalen Buchreihen zur neutestamentlichen Wissenschaft. Seit 1923 publiziert sie wegweisende Forschungsarbeiten zum frĂŒhen Christentum und angrenzenden Themengebieten. Die Reihe ist historisch-kritisch verankert und steht neuen methodischen AnsĂ€tzen, die unser VerstĂ€ndnis des Neuen Testaments befördern, gleichfalls offen gegenĂŒber.

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Information

Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9783110182002
eBook ISBN
9783110907179
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Biblical Criticism & Interpretation

Table of contents

  1. Foreword
  2. Abbreviations of Periodicals and Reference Works
  3. Chapter 1: Tis a Strange World
  4. 1. Introduction
  5. 2. Ancient Literary Styles
  6. 3. The strange acts and scholarship
  7. 4. The strange god of the Christians
  8. 5. Some Greek and Roman attitudes towards the miraculous
  9. 6. The purpose of the strange acts
  10. Chapter 2: Up, Up, and Away?
  11. 1. The ascension (Acts 1.9-11)
  12. 2. The ascension as vision
  13. 3. The vision of angels (Acts 1.10)
  14. 4. Ascensions in other literature
  15. 5. The ascension narrative and its worship setting
  16. Chapter 3: Spirit Matters
  17. 1. Introduction
  18. 2. Non-Jewish understandings of spirit
  19. 3. Spirit as overwhelming power
  20. 4. Spirit as angel and person
  21. 5. Wind, fire and holy spirit (Acts 2.1-13)
  22. 6. The swaying temple (Acts 4.24-31)
  23. 7. Snatched by the Spirit (Acts 8.39)
  24. 8. Prevented by the spirit (Acts 16.6-7)
  25. 9. Spirit contradictions (Acts 20.22-23; 21.4-15)
  26. 10. Healing those with evil and unclean spirits
  27. 11. Peter and the unclean spirits (Acts 5.16)
  28. 12. Philip and the unclean spirits (Acts 8.7)
  29. 13. Paul and the evil spirits (Acts 19.12)
  30. 14. The exorcists and the evil spirits (Acts 19.13-17)
  31. 15. Paul and Python (Acts 16.16-18)
  32. Chapter 4: On the Side of the Angels
  33. 1. Angels in the ancient literature
  34. 2. Angel-faced Stephen (Acts 6.15)
  35. Chapter 5: Seeing Things
  36. 1. Introduction
  37. 2. Visions in the wider literature
  38. 3. The first visions (Acts 1.1-11)
  39. 4. Stephen’s vision (Acts 7.54-56)
  40. 5. Ananias’s vision (Acts 9.10-16)
  41. 6. Cornelius’s vision (Acts 10.1-8)
  42. 7. Peter’s ecstasic vision (Acts 10.9-16)
  43. 8. Paul's visions
  44. 8.1. The vision near Damascus (Acts 9.3-9; 22. 6-11; 26.12-18)
  45. 8.2. The vision in the temple (Acts 22.17-21)
  46. 8.3. The Vision at Troas (Acts 16.9-10)
  47. 8.4. The vision in Corinth (Acts 18.9-10)
  48. 8.5. Another vision in Jerusalem (Acts 23.11)
  49. 8.6. Paul's last vision (Acts 27.23)
  50. Chapter 6: The Power of Bodies and Words
  51. 1. Introduction
  52. 2. Peter’s shadow (Acts 5.15)
  53. 3. Paul’s kerchiefs and belts (Acts 19.11)
  54. 4. The curses of Peter and Paul
  55. 4.1. The curse on Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5.1-11)
  56. 4.2. The curse on Simon (Acts 8.9-24)
  57. 4.3. The curse on Bar Jesus (Acts 13.6-12)
  58. 5. Shaving heads, shaking clothes, and making vows (Acts 18.18; 21.23-24; 18.6)
  59. Chapter 7: Raising the Dead
  60. 1. Introduction
  61. 2. Death among the holy ones (Acts 9.36-42)
  62. 3. Paul stoned (Acts 14.19)
  63. 4. Death of a youth (Acts 20.7-12)
  64. Chapter 8: Great Prison Escapes
  65. 1. Introduction
  66. 2. The first escape (Acts 5.19)
  67. 3. Peter’s second escape (Acts 12.1-17)
  68. 4. Paul at Midnight (Acts 16.25-34)
  69. 5. The heat on Paul in Malta (Acts 28.1-6)
  70. Conclusion
  71. Bibliography
  72. 1. Ancient Greek and Latin Texts
  73. 2. Reference Texts
  74. 3. Commentaries on the Acts of the Apostles
  75. 4. Secondary Literature
  76. Index of References
  77. 1. Old Testament
  78. 2. Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha
  79. 3. New Testament
  80. 4. Dead Sea Scrolls
  81. 5. Rabbinic and Other Jewish Literature
  82. 6. Early Christian Literature
  83. 7. Ancient Greek Writers
  84. 8. Ancient Latin Writers
  85. 9. Papyri
  86. Index of Modem Authors