Hidden criticism of the angry tyrant in early Judaism and the acts of the apostles. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Drew J. Strait ; foreword by David P. Moessner.
• Authors: Strait, Drew J
• Other Names: Moessner, David P writer of supplementary textual content.
• Contents: Chapter One—The Acts of the Apostles and Empire ; ; Part I: Objects of Resistance ; ; ; Chapter Two—Profiling Power: Divine Honors and Kingship Literature ; ; Chapter Three—Hybrid Divine Honors in the Epigraphic Record ; ; ; Part II: Strategies of Resistance ; ; ; Chapter Four—Jewish Discursive Resistance ; ; Chapter Five—The First Commandment and Hellenistic Monarchy ; ; Chapter Six—The Second Commandment and Hellenistic Monarchy ; ; Chapter Seven—The Wisdom of Solomon and Empire ; ; Part III: Discursive Resistance and the Acts of the Apostles ; ; ; Chapter Eight—The Politics of Luke: Acts and the Cosmology of Empire ; ; Chapter Nine—The Areopagus Speech and Political Idolatry ; ; Chapter Ten—The Areopagus Speech as Resistance Literature?
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Fortress Academic
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 226.606; History: Ancient / Rome; Religion: Judaism / History; Religion: RELIGION / Politics & State
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781978700734
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