The afterlife imagery in Luke's story of the rich man and Lazarus /
Despite the keen scholarly interest in the Gospel parables, the afterlife scenery in the story of the rich man and Lazarus has often been overlooked. Using insights from the orality studies and intertextuality, the author places the Lukan description of the fate of the dead into the larger Hellenist...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
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Boston :
Brill,
2007.
Series:
Supplements to Novum Testamentum,
v. 123
Novum Testamentum, Supplements
123.
Novum Testamentum Supplements Online, ISBN: 9789004264557.
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Call Number: BT378.D5 L44 2007
| Summary: | Despite the keen scholarly interest in the Gospel parables, the afterlife scenery in the story of the rich man and Lazarus has often been overlooked. Using insights from the orality studies and intertextuality, the author places the Lukan description of the fate of the dead into the larger Hellenistic matrix, provided by a large number of Greco-Roman and Jewish sources, both literary and epigraphic. Moreover, she challenges several conventional stances in Lukan studies, such as tracing the original of the story to Egypt, or maintaining that eschatology is a key for understanding Luke's work and the purpose for writing it, or harmonizing Luke's eschatological thinking by positing an intermediate state between death and general resurrection. Thus, the book offers fresh insights both to the way the fate of the dead was understood in the ancient world and to the concept of Lukan eschatology. |
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| Item Description: | Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Helsinki, 2004. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-329) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789047410584 |
| ISSN: | 0167-9732 ; |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |