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Plots of Epiphany : Prison-Escape in Acts of the Apostles

Prison-escape in Acts of the Apostles [Hardback]

by John B. Weaver

    • Author

      John B. Weaver

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Walter de Gruyter& Co

    • Published

      October 2004

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      Plots of Epiphany : Prison-Escape in Acts of the Apostles

      Today's Price £123.07

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      Product Description

      Past scholarship on the prison-escapes in the Acts of the Apostles has tended to focus on lexical similarities to Euripides' Bacchae, going so far as to argue for direct literary dependence. Moving beyond such explanations, the present study argues that miraculous prison-escape was a central event in a traditional and culturally significant story about the introduction and foundation of cults - a story discernable in the Bacchae and other ancient texts. When the mythic quality and cultural diffusion of the prison-escape narratives are taken into account, the resemblance of Lukan and Dionysian narrative episodes is seen to depend less on specific literary borrowing, and more on shared familiarity with cultural discourses involving the legitimating portrayal of new cults in the ancient world.

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      • Author

        John B. Weaver

      • Book Format

        Hardback

      • Publisher

        Walter de Gruyter& Co

      • Published

        October 2004

      • Weight

        618g

      • Page Count

        335

      • Dimensions

        156 x 234 x 21 mm

      • ISBN

        9783110182668

      • ISBN-10

        3110182661

      • Eden Code

        1188857

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      • Author/Creator: John B. Weaver

      • ISBN: 9783110182668

      • Publisher: Walter de Gruyter& Co

      • Release Date: October 2004

      • Weight: 618g

      • Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 21 mm

      • Eden Code: 1188857

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