The Acts of Andrew and the Acts of Andrew and Matthias in the City of the Cannibals - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Acts of Andrew and the Acts of Andrew and Matthias in the City of the Cannibals write by Dennis Ronald MacDonald. This book was released on 1990. The Acts of Andrew and the Acts of Andrew and Matthias in the City of the Cannibals available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Acts of Andrew
Acts of Andrew - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Acts of Andrew write by Jan N. Bremmer. This book was released on 2000. Acts of Andrew available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Acts of Andrew
Acts of Andrew - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Acts of Andrew write by Dennis Ronald MacDonald. This book was released on 2005. Acts of Andrew available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Five major apocryphal Acts survive from the early period of the Christian church, the so-called Acts of Andrew, of Paul, Peter, John, and Thomas. In the canonical New Testament, the apostle Andrew, brother of Peter is mentioned only a dozen times. In The Acts of Andrew, his post-resurrection mission and heroic martyrdom are closely detailed in a series of acts or episodes. This study edition of The Acts of Andrew presents a fresh, new translation of the text with cross-references, notes, and commentary. An extensive introduction also sets out the challenge of recovering and reconstructing the original text.
Does the New Testament Imitate Homer?
Does the New Testament Imitate Homer? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Does the New Testament Imitate Homer? write by Dennis R. MacDonald. This book was released on 2008-10-01. Does the New Testament Imitate Homer? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. div In this provocative challenge to prevailing views of New Testament sources, Dennis R. MacDonald argues that the origins of passages in the book of Acts are to be found not in early Christian legends but in the epics of Homer. MacDonald focuses on four passages in the book of Acts, examines their potential parallels in the Iliad, and concludes that the author of Acts composed them using famous scenes in Homer’s work as a model. Tracing the influence of passages from the Iliad on subsequent ancient literature, MacDonald shows how the story generated a vibrant, mimetic literary tradition long before Luke composed the Acts. Luke could have expected educated readers to recognize his transformation of these tales and to see that the Christian God and heroes were superior to Homeric gods and heroes. Building upon and extending the analytic methods of his earlier book, The Homeric Epics and the Gospel of Mark, MacDonald opens an original and promising appreciation not only of Acts but also of the composition of early Christian narrative in general. /DIV
Chained in Christ
Chained in Christ - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Chained in Christ write by Craig Wansink. This book was released on 1996-03-01. Chained in Christ available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For Paul, who imprisoned Christians, his own incarceration ironically became a way in which he understood his mission. Paul's convictions and his rhetoric were often shaped during those times when chains constrained him from travelling. By examining a wide variety of sources-such as ancient novels, dream interpretations and moral tractates-Wansink first describes prison conditions and the daily life of prisoners, in the Graeco-Roman world. Subsequent exegetical chapters focus on two epistles Paul wrote from prison: Philippians and Philemon. This book replaces a 'docetic' view of Paul's incarceration with an original insight into how prison would have shaped his interaction with the Philippians and Philemon.
