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Like all skilful authors, the composer of the biblical books of Luke and Acts understood that a good story requires more than a gripping plot — a persuasive narrative also needs well-portrayed, plot-enhancing characters. This book brings together a set of new essays examining characters and characterization in those books from a variety of methodological perspectives. The essays illustrate how narratological, sociolinguistic, reader-response, feminist, redaction, reception historical, and comparative literature approaches can be fruitfully applied to the question of Luke’s techniques of characterization. Theoretical and methodological discussions are complemented with case studies of specific Lukan characters. Together, the essays reflect the understanding that while many of the literary techniques involved in characterization attest a certain universality, each writer also brings his or her own unique perspective and talent to the portrayal and use of characters, with the result that analysis of a writer’s characters and style of characterization can enhance appreciation of that writer’s work.

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Author:   Dr Frank Dicken ,  Dr Julia Snyder
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   T.& T.Clark Ltd
Weight:   0.376kg
ISBN:  

9780567681201

ISBN 10:   0567681203
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   19 April 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgements Contents Introduction - Frank Dicken, Lincoln Christian University, USA and Julia Snyder, Humboldt Universität, Germany Part 1: The Gospel of Luke Chapter 1. The Woman Who Crashed Simon's Party: A Reader-Response Approach to Luke 7:36-50, James L. Resseguie, Winebrenner Theological Seminary, USA Chapter 2. Levi's Banquet (Lk 5.39-39) and Lukan Discipleship: Group Characters and Christian Identity Formation, John A. Darr, Boston College, USA Chapter 3. Zechariah and Gabriel as Thematic Characters: A Narratological Reading of the Beginning of Luke's Gospel (Luke 1.8-20), Hannah M. Cocksworth, King Edward's School, UK Chapter 4. The Characterization of the Two Brothers in the Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15.11-32): Their Function and Afterlives, David B. Gowler, Oxford College of Emory University, USA Chapter 5. A Woman's Touch: Manual and Emotional Dynamics of Female Characters in Luke's Gospel, F. Scott Spencer, Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, USA Chapter 6. The Rich Are the Bad Guys: Lukan Characters and Wealth Ethics, Cornelis Bennema, Union School of Theology, UK Chapter 7. A Cognitive Narratological Approach to the Characterization(s) of Zacchaeus, Joel B. Green, Fuller Theological Seminary, USA Part 2: The Acts of the Apostles Chapter 8. Jesus, Present and/or Absent? The Presence and presentation of Jesus as a Character in the Book of Acts, Steve Walton, St Mary's University, UK Chapter 9. Sight and Spectacle: 'Seeing' Paul in the Book of Acts, Brittany E. Wilson, Duke University Divinity School, USA Chapter 10. The Characterization of Disciples in Acts: Genre, Method and Quality, Sean A. Adams, University of Glasgow, UK Chapter 11. Sociolinguistic Dynamics and Characterization in the Acts of the Apostles, Julia A. Snyder, Humboldt Universität, Germany Chapter 12. Simeon in Acts 15.14 Simon Peter and Echoes of Simeons Past, Stephen E. Fowl, Loyola University Maryland, USA Chapter 13. Herod As Jesus' Executioner: Possibilities in Lukan Reception and Wirkungsgeschichte, Frank E. Dicken, Lincoln Christian University, USA Bibliography

Reviews

The volume offers a useful primer in possible methods in approaching characterization, with a set of worked examples, along with a useful up-to-date bibliography. * The Expository Times * The volume is a very welcome companion to those in the same series devoted previously to John and to Mark. * Journal for the Study of the New Testament * This collection of essays is in the third volume in a series of literary-critical studies on characters and characterization in the NT...Luke-Acts is of particular interest in this quest because of its sheer length and because it contains some of the most famous and memorable characters in the NT. * The Catholic Biblical Quarterly *

The volume offers a useful primer in possible methods in approaching characterization, with a set of worked examples, along with a useful up-to-date bibliography. * The Expository Times * The volume is a very welcome companion to those in the same series devoted previously to John and to Mark. * Journal for the Study of the New Testament *

Author Information

Frank E. Dicken is Assistant Professor of New Testament at Lincoln Christian University, USA. Julia A. Snyder is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of Regensburg, German.

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