Brink Soldiers in Luke-Acts

Engaging, Contradicting, and Transcending the Stereotypes
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-3-16-153164-4
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 234 Seiten

Reihe: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament

The author of Luke-Acts constructs a portrait of the Roman military that relies on a variety of literary stereotypes, anticipating that his authorial audience, familiar with the stereotypes, will bring their experience to bear in the process of more fully characterizing the soldiers. Expecting their antipathy, Luke upsets his authorial audience's expectations. Laurie Brink demonstrates that the soldiers, in fact, do not wholly live up to their bad reputations. Engaging, contradicting and transcending the literary stereotypes, Luke creates a progressive portrait of the Roman soldier that demonstrates the attitudes and actions of a good disciple, and that serves as a critique of the authorial audience's original response.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brink, Laurie

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Neues Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Brink, Laurie
Born 1961; currently Associate Professor of New Testament Studies at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, IL and associate editor for The Bible Today.