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| Titre : | Encountering Images of Spiritual Transformation : The Thoroughfare Motif Within the Plot of Luke-Acts |
| Auteurs : | James M. Morgan, Auteur |
| Type de document : | texte imprimé |
| Editeur : | Eugene [USA] : Wipf and Stock, 2013 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-1-61097-980-1 |
| Format : | xviii + 236 p. |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Index. décimale : | CN/D (Etudes sur divers sujets du NT) |
| Résumé : | LUKE-ACTS IS AN IMPRESSIVE TWO-VOLUME NARRATIVE seeking to convince and engage readers regarding the spiritual impact of Jesus of Nazareth on the Jewish people and other nations. To this end, Luke employs an impressive arsenal of literary and narrative techniques. This book focuses on a motif and its performance, the thoroughfare motif, which includes those figurative and concrete expressions involving ways, roads, city streets, and country paths. This study traces this motif’s performance within the unfolding plot asking what difference the motif makes—progressively and cumulatively—to the readers encounter with the story’s emphasis on salvation. For example, why does Luke take pleasure in describing transformational events on or in relation to thoroughfares? What are the connections between expressions like “the way of peace,” “the way of salvation,” and “the way of God/the Lord”? Why does Luke use such an unusual expression like “the Way” to describe Jesus’ followers? How do such expressions contribute to the spiritual landscape of Luke-Acts, the intermingling of concrete and figurative uses of physical imagery? Like an instrument in an orchestra, the thoroughfare motif works together with other motifs and themes to create a captivating exploration of spiritual transformation, received and opposed. |
| Note de contenu : |
- List of Tables and Figures - Preface - Foreword (Steve Walton) - List of Abbreviations PART ONE: MOTIFS AND PLOT FOR THE STUDY OF LUKE-ACTS - 1. How Can Motifs Contribute to the Study of Luke-Acts? : Reading Luke-Acts through Motifs and Plot / Why Such Interest in Thoroughfares in Luke-Acts? / The Power of Motifs: Definition, Identification, and Evaluation / Thoroughfare Expressions in Luke-Acts: How and Where do They Appear? / Thoroughfare Motif’s Performance: What Narrative and Theological Value? - 2. The Plot of Luke-Acts: the Reader’s Encounter with Spiritual Transformation : Definition of Plot from the Reader’s Perspective / Theophilus as the Real and Implied Reader / Plot Theory and the Analysis of Nonfiction / The Plot of Luke-Acts / Questions for the Thoroughfare Motif within the Plot of Luke-Acts PART TWO: ANALYSIS OF THE THOROUGHFARE MOTIF’S PERFORMANCE WITHIN THE PLOT - 3. First Encounters: Portraits of the Hero and the Forerunner (Luke 1:5—3:38) : Proleptic Portraits of John and Jesus via Zechariah’s Canticle (Luke 1:76,79) / John the Baptist and the Way for the Lord (Luke 3:4-5) / Summary of the Thoroughfare Motif in the Initial Orientation - 4. Contrasting Encounters: Thoroughfare Imagery for and against the Hero (Luke 4:1—23:56) : On the Road Transition from John the Baptist to Jesus’ disciples / Pictures of the Plot: Thoroughfare Imagery and Responses to the Hero / Thoroughfare Reception Scenes from Jericho to Jerusalem / Jesus: the Teacher of the Way of God (Luke 20:21) / Summary of the Thoroughfare Motif in the Raveling Sequence - 5. Pivotal Encounter: An About-face on Emmaus Road (Luke 24:1—Acts 2:13) : Jesus and Disciples on Emmaus Road (24:32, 35) / Summary of the Thoroughfare Motif in the Pivot Sequence - 6. Expanding Encounters: From Roads to “the Way” (Acts 2:14—28:15) : Spotlight on Peter’s Extension of Jesus’ Mandate in Jerusalem / Highlighted Thoroughfare Reception Scenes for the Jews and the Nations / Paul and Missionary Entourage: Teachers of “the Way(s) of God/the Lord” / Paul: Protagonist for the Collective Character, “the Way” / Summary of the Thoroughfare Motif in the Unraveling Sequence - 7. Final Encounter: “The Way” in Rome via Paul (Acts 28:16-31): Paul and “the Way” before the Jewish Leaders in Rome / Summary of the Thoroughfare Motif in the Final Orientation PART THREE: THE THOROUGHFARE MOTIF’S NARRATIVE AND THEOLOGICAL VALUE FOR LUKE-ACTS - 8. The Thoroughfare Motif’s Narrative Performance : Preliminary Remarks / Thoroughfare Motif within the Plot’s Sequences / Thoroughfare Motif s Efficacy via Freedman’s Five Criteria / Synthesis of the Thoroughfare Motif’s Narrative Value / Additional Literary Contributions - 9. The Thoroughfare Motif’s Theological Contribution : Preliminary Remarks / The Value of Plot and Motif Analysis for Theological Studies / Theological Implications from a Christocentric Plot and Motif / Conclusion: The Divine Way and Human Response in Plot and Explotment - Bibliography - Subject Index |
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| CN/D 035 | CN/D 035 | Livre | Bibliothèque principale | Livres empruntables | Prêt possible Disponible |
