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
- Preliminary Material
- 1. The Episode at Malta (Acts 28:1-10): A Lukan Text 'Full of the Viewpoint of Antiquity'
- 2. Placing the Episode at Malta: A Preliminary Examination of Acts 28:1-10 within its Literary Context
- 3. Establishing the Cultural Script of Hospitality to Strangers in the Graeco-Roman World
- 4. The Cultural Script of Hospitality to Strangers in the Hebrew Bible and Post-biblical Jewish Literature
- 5. The Grammar, Symbols, and Practices of Hospitality to Strangers in the Lukan Writings
- 6. Divine Visitations and Hospitality to Strangers in Luke-Acts
- 7. Divine Visitations and Hospitality to Strangers in the Malta Episode: An Interpretation of Acts 28:1-10 and its Literary Function in Luke-Acts
- Bibliography
- Subject Index
- Ancient Author Index
- Modern Author Index.