Divine visitations and hospitality to strangers in Luke-Acts : an interpretation of the Malta episode in Acts 28:1-10 /
This study presents a coherent interpretation of the Malta episode by arguing that Acts 28:1-10 narrates a theoxeny, that is, an account of unknowing hospitality to a god which results in the establishment of a fictive kinship relationship between the Maltese barbarians and Paul and his God. In ligh...
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Language: English
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Leiden :
Brill,
2013.
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Novum Testamentum, Supplements
153.
Novum Testamentum Supplements Online, Supplement 2014, ISBN: 9789004277120.
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Call Number: BS2625.6.H66 J57 2013
| Summary: | This study presents a coherent interpretation of the Malta episode by arguing that Acts 28:1-10 narrates a theoxeny, that is, an account of unknowing hospitality to a god which results in the establishment of a fictive kinship relationship between the Maltese barbarians and Paul and his God. In light of the connection between hospitality and piety to the gods in the ancient Mediterranean, Luke ends his second volume in this manner to portray Gentile hospitality as the appropriate response to Paul's message of God's salvation -- a response that portrays them as hospitable exemplars within the Lukan narrative and contrasts them with the Roman Jews who reject Paul and his message. |
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| Item Description: | Slightly revised version of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Emory University. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 335 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-308) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789004258006 |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |