Chapter 1: Introduction: (Re)Turning to Truth

a. Dialogic Partners

i. Bakhtin and Narratology

ii. Slavery and Truth

iii. Feminism

b. Returning to Luke-Acts

c. Other Ancient Narratives

d. Dialogic Voices in Luke-Acts: Women and Slaves

i. Women in Luke

ii. Women in Acts

iii. Slaves/Slavery in Luke-Acts iv. Luke's Three Slave-Girls

e. Outline for the Project Chapter 2: Theoretical Foundations: Bakhtin and Narratology

a. Bakhtin and Biblical Narrative b. Bakhtinian Genre: Menippea and Novels

c. Bakhtinian Perspectives within a Novel

i. The Role of the Author

ii. Outsidedness versus Insideness iii. Point of View or Focalization

d. Multivoicedness of the Novel: Polyphony and Dialogism e. A Topsy-Turvy World: Bakhtin's Concept of Carnival

f. Intertextuality and Feminist Dialogics i. Intertextuality

ii. Feminist Dialogics

iii. Other Feminist Uses of Bakhtinian Theory

Chapter 3: The Slave-Girl Who Sees: Luke 22:47-62

a. Discipleship in Luke

b. Setting the Scene: Luke 22:47-62

c. "Now I am what I have come to be" Callirhoe-as-Slave in Chariton's Chaereas and

Callirhoe

d. Examining the Scene: The Role of the Slave-Girl in Luke 22:47-62 i. The Gaze of the Slave-Girl

ii. The Light of the Slave-Girl iii. The Statement of the Slave-Girl

iv. Statements in Support of the Slave's Truth

e. Conclusion: Truth is in the Eye of the Female Slave

Chapter 4: The Slave-Girl Who Answers: Acts 12:12-19

a. Acts 12: A Humorous Novella with a Purpose

b. A Rose by Any Other Name: Rhoda's Role in Acts 12:12-19

c. Euclia, the Tortured Truth-Teller

d. Every Rose has Its Thorn: Rhoda in Scholarly Conversation

i. Rhoda Subverts Hierarchies ii. Rhoda Sustains Hierarchies

e. Conclusion: Rhoda's Dialogic Purpose in Acts 12

Acts, rendering her role a necessary part of the narrative of Acts. Chapter 5: The Girl Who Prophesies: Acts 16:17-18

a. Lydia and the Slave-Girl: Perspectives of an "Insider" and an "Outsider"

i. Lydia: "Inside the Pauline Circle

ii. The Outsider: A Prophesying, Truth-Telling Slave-Girl

b. The Slave-Girl's Prophecy: The Truth about Paul and Silas c. Leucippe: A Free Elite Woman Treated as a Slave

d. Conclusion: The Prophesying Python

Conclusion: When Truth Equals Freedom