An edition of Luke-Acts and 'tragic history'
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Luke-Acts and 'tragic history'
communicating Gospel with the world
by DooHee Lee
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Historiography, Bible, Geschichtsschreibung, Frühjudentum, Antika influenser, Christianity, Bibeln, Language, style, Historiografi, Tragik, Rezeption, Tragic, The, in the Bible, Communication, History and criticism, Tragedy, Historia, Religiösa aspekter, Litterär stil, Bible, language, style, Tragic, the, Communication, religious aspects, christianity, Greece, history, Rome, history, Criticism, interpretation, Hellenistic Greek literaturePlaces
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Luke-Acts and 'tragic history': communicating Gospel with the world
2013, Mohr Siebeck
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Table of Contents
Introduction
The Genre issue of Luke-acts and previous scholarship about 'tragic history' --
The Genre of Luke-acts : biography, novel, epic or history? --
Incomplete understanding -- or misunderstanding of 'Tragic history' --
An introduction to 'tragic history' --
What ls 'Tragic history' about? --
The origin of tragic history --
Concluding remarks --
'tragic history' in Greco-Roman historiographical tradition --
Tragic style in herodotus's histories --
The Atys/Adrastus episode --
The Gyges/Candaules episode : choice between two necessities as a tragic motif --
Croesus, a paradigmatic tragic figure : his late-learning (...) as a tragic motif --
The defeat of Xerxes and the persian Armies by the Greeks --
Tragic style in Thucydides' history of the peloponnesian war --
Thucydides' tragic perspective on a reversal of fortune --
A mini-tragedy of Cleon and Athens at Amphipolis in Chalcidice --
A tragic downfall of Athens in Sicily (Books 6-7) --
A tragic sensitivity of Thucydides : an emphasis on Pathos --
Duris of Samos and Phylarchus of Athens --
Duris of Samos --
Phylarchus of Athens --
Tragic style in Polybius's histories --
Polybius's comparison of history with tragedy : Is Polybius arguing : that his historiography is a 'Truly' tragic history? --
Tragic reversal of Hasdrubal 's fortune --
Vivid and emotional presentation --
Concluding remarks --
Tragic style in Dionysius of Halicamassus's Roman antiquities --
Tragic Combat between the Kinsmen, the Horatii and the Curiatii (Roman Antiquities 3.1-22) --
Tragic sequel : Horatius's murder of his own sister --
Tragic elements in Dionysius's Coriolanus episode --
Tragic style in Plutarch's Parallel lives --
Reconsideration of the concept of Literary Genre in the Ancient world : is biography a Genre sharply distinct from historiography? --
The life of Alexander --
The life of Demetrius --
The lives of Pyrrhus and Marius --
The life of Crassus and Euripides' Bacchae --
Excursus : clothes as symbols of fortunes and Hubris in Plutarch --
Concluding remarks --
Tragic style in Livy's Ab urbe condita --
The tragedy of the Sabine women (Ab urbe condita 1.9-13) --
Tragic Dilemma in the story of Horatius (Ab urbe condita 1.24-26) --
A tragic Dilemma in the episode of Titus Manlius (Ab urbe condita 8.7) --
Livy's Portrayal of Hannibal as a tragic hero (Hannibal's ...) --
Vivid representation of scenes : ... --
Another literary device of Livy for ... of the readers --
Concluding remarks --
'Tragic history' in Jewish-Hellenistic historiography : Flavius Josephus --
Josephus's tragic style in Bellum Judaicum --
The Siege of Jerusalem and its temple --
The Cannibalism of Mary and the destruction of the temple --
The group suicide at Masada --
Josephus's tragic style in Antiquitates --
Sarra and Pharaoh --
Noah's Floodand the tower of Babel (Ant. 1.72-119) --
King Amaziah as a tragic figure (Ant. 9.186-204) --
Haman as a tragic Figure (Ant. 11.273-283) --
Heightening of dramatic suspense --
Graphic and Vivid description of the Korah Rebellion --
Concluding remarks --
'tragic history' in Luke-acts --
Tragic language and Allusion to Greek tragedy in Luke-acts --
The phrase "to kick against the Goad (...) " in acts 26:14 --
The term ... in acts 5:39 --
The prison-escape scenes in acts 12 and 16 --
The popularity of Euripides' Bacchae in the Hellenistic period --
Concluding remarks --
Tragic disasters in Luke-acts caused by 'Greed for more or what is not one's own (...)' --
Luke 's special concern with possessions --
The tragedy of Judas Iscariot (acts 1:15-20) --
The tragedy of Ananias and Sapphira (acts 5:1-11) --
Reversal of fortune of the Rieh man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31) --
Concluding remarks --
Luke's tragic style in the portrait of king Herod (acts 12) --
Reminder of parallels in Greco-Roman historiography --
Josephus's portrait of Herod Agrippa I in antiquities (19.343-352) --
Luke's portrait of Herod Agrippal in acts 12 --
Tragic style in Paul's journey to Jerusalem (acts 20:1-21:16) --
Exceptional Appeal to Emotions as a Trace of the Tragic Style in Acts --
Dilemma between Two Conflicting Causes : human cause vs. divine cause? --
The tragedy of Israel in Luke-acts --
Luke's tragic vision of Israel recognized in speeches by Peter and Paul in acts --
Luke's Jerusalem Narrative as a tragedy of Israel (Luke 19:28-24:53) --
The tragedy of Israel repeated in their rejection of the Apostles? --
Concluding remarks --
Conclusion : reconsideration of the literary Genre of Luke-acts ---- Bibliography-- Index of sources-- Index of modern authors-- Subject index.
Edition Notes
Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, 2009.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-295) and indexes.
Text in English, excerpts in ancient Greek.
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