World upside down : reading Acts in the Graeco-Roman age

World upside down : reading Acts in the Graeco-Roman age / C. Kavin Rowe.

No longer can Acts be seen as a simple apologia that articulates Christianity's harmlessness vis-a-vis Rome. Rather, in its attempt to form communities that witness to God's apocalypse, author Kavin Rowe argues, Luke's second volume is a highly charged and theologically sophisticated...

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Main Author: Rowe, Christopher Kavin, 1974-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Bible. > Acts > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > Acts
Bibel > Apostelgeschichte
Bibeln. > N.T. > Apostlagärningarna > analys och tolkning.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > New Testament.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Jesus, the Gospels & Acts.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:No longer can Acts be seen as a simple apologia that articulates Christianity's harmlessness vis-a-vis Rome. Rather, in its attempt to form communities that witness to God's apocalypse, author Kavin Rowe argues, Luke's second volume is a highly charged and theologically sophisticated political document.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 300 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780199703333
0199703337
9781282335349
1282335340
9780199869459
0199869456
9780195377873
0195377877
9780199767618
0199767610
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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