β Leo Kirschbaum
π Library
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1962
π Wayne State University Press
π English
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Characters and Characterization in Luke-Acts
β Scribed by Frank E. Dicken; Julia A. Snyder (editors)
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury T&T Clark
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 266
- Series
- The Library of New Testament Studies
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Like all skilful authors, the composer of the biblical books of Luke and Acts understood that a good story requires more than a gripping plot β a persuasive narrative also needs well-portrayed, plot-enhancing characters. This book brings together a set of new essays examining characters and characterization in those books from a variety of methodological perspectives.
The essays illustrate how narratological, sociolinguistic, reader-response, feminist, redaction, reception historical, and comparative literature approaches can be fruitfully applied to the question of Lukeβs techniques of characterization. Theoretical and methodological discussions are complemented with case studies of specific Lukan characters. Together, the essays reflect the understanding that while many of the literary techniques involved in characterization attest a certain universality, each writer also brings his or her own unique perspective and talent to the portrayal and use of characters, with the result that analysis of a writerβs characters and style of characterization can enhance appreciation of that writerβs work.
β¦ Table of Contents
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I: The Gospel of Luke
Chapter 1: The Woman Who Crashed Simonβs Party: A Reader-Response Approach to Luke 7:36-50
Chapter 2: Leviβs Banquet (Luke 5:29-39) and Lukan Discipleship: Group Characters and Christian Identity Formation
Chapter 3: Zechariah and Gabriel as Thematic Characters: A Narratological Reading of the Beginning of Lukeβs Gospel (Luke 1:8-20)
Chapter 4: The Characterization of the Two Brothers in the Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32): Their Function and Afterlives
Chapter 5: A Womanβs Touch: Manual and Emotional Dynamics of Female Characters in Lukeβs Gospel
Chapter 6: The Rich are the Bad Guys: Lukan Characters and Wealth Ethics
Chapter 7: A Cognitive Narratological Approach to the Characterization(S) of Zacchaeus
Part II: The Acts of the Apostles
Chapter 8: Jesus, Present and/or Absent? The Presence and Presentation of Jesus as a Character in the Book of Acts
Chapter 9: Sight and Spectacle: βSeeingβ Paul in the Book of Acts
Chapter 10: The Characterization of Disciples in Acts: Genre, Method, and Quality
Chapter 11: Sociolinguistic Dynamics and Characterization in the Acts of the Apostles
Chapter 12: Simeon in Acts 15:14: Simon Peter and Echoes of Simeons Past
Chapter 13: Herod as Jesusβ Executioner: Possibilities In Lukan Reception and Wirkungsgeschichte
Bibliography
Index of Ancient Texts
Hebrew Bible/Septuagint
New Testament
Other Jewish and Christian Literature
Other Graeco-Roman Literature
Index of Subjects
Index of Authors
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