The Genre of Acts and Collected Biography
Author:   Sean A. Adams (University of Edinburgh)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Volume:   156
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9781108733960


Pages:   334
Publication Date:   13 September 2018
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The Genre of Acts and Collected Biography


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Author:   Sean A. Adams (University of Edinburgh)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Volume:   156
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.400kg
ISBN:  

9781108733960


ISBN 10:   1108733964
Pages:   334
Publication Date:   13 September 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Modern and ancient genre theory; 3. Ancient individual and collected biographies; 4. Acts as collected biography; 5. Characterisation in Acts; 6. Peter, Paul and the ending of Acts; 7. Conclusion; Appendix 1. Literary topoi in ancient Greek biographies; Appendix 2. References to biographical works in Diogenes Laertius' Lives of the Philosophers; Appendix 3. Divisions in collected biographies.

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Sean A. Adams is British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. He is co-editor of Issues in Luke-Acts (with Michael Pahl, 2012) and Paul and the Ancient Letter Form (with Stanley E. Porter, 2010), and is also the author of Baruch and Epistle of Jeremiah (2014).

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