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Author Weaver, John B.

Title Plots of epiphany : prison-escape in Acts of the Apostles / John B. Weaver.

Publication Info. Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter, [2004]
2004

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Description 1 online resource (347 pages)
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Series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der alteren Kirche ; Band 131
Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der alteren Kirche ; Beiheft 131.
Note Slight revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Emory University, 2004.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-314) and indexes.
Contents Prison-escape and myth-criticism -- Epiphanic rescue from prison in ancient myth and history -- "Beginning from Jerusalem" : prison-escape and the mythopoesis of Christian origins in Acts 1-7 -- Rescue and regicide : the poetics and politics of group validation in Acts 12 -- "A door of faith opened to the Gentiles" : prison epiphany and cult foundation in Acts 16.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Bible. Acts -- Criticism, Form.
Miracles -- Comparative studies.
Escapes -- Mythology -- Comparative studies.
Myth in the Bible.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Weaver, John B. Plots of epiphany : prison-escape in Acts of the Apostles. Berlin : W. de Gruyter, [2004] xii, 335 pages ; 24 cm. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der alteren Kirche ; Band 131 9783110182668 (DLC) 2004022188
ISBN 3110182661 (alk. paper)
9783110182668
9783110915617 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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