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Divine Visitations and Hospitality to Strangers in Luke-Acts: An Interpretation of the Malta Episode in Acts 28:1-10

  • Hardback
  • 350 pages
  • Publisher: Brill
  • 16.3 x 23.9 x 2.6 cm

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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.
Divine Visitations and Hospitality to Strangers in Luke-Acts: An Interpretation of the Malta Episode in Acts 28:1-10 and God's Acts for Israel, Gentiles, and Christians
God's Acts for Israel, Gentiles, and ChristiansDivine Visitations and Hospitality to Strangers in Luke-Acts: An Interpretation of the Malta Episode in Acts 28:1-10

  • Title

    Divine Visitations and Hospitality to Strangers in Luke-Acts: An Interpretation of the Malta Episode in Acts 28:1-10

  • Author

    Joshua W. Jipp

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Brill

  • Published

    September 2013

  • Weight

    681g

  • Page Count

    350

  • Dimensions

    16.3 x 23.9 x 2.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9789004255821

  • ISBN-10

    9004255826

  • Eden Code

    4708876

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