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Possessions & Family in the Writings of Luke: Questioning the Unity of Lukes Ethics
Stefan Nordgaard
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 169 pages. BIC Classification: WZ. Dimension: 250 x 150. Weight in Grams: 666.
Recent decades have seen substantial questioning of the unity of the books of Luke and Acts. With this volume, Stefan Nordgaard takes a close look at that question, with a specific eye toward Lukes attitude toward possessions and family. He clearly maps out an ethic that is not set in stone, but changes over time, from a chiefly ascetic position in the gospel to a somewhat bourgeois position in Acts. Nordgaard goes on to offer a historical explanation for the change, built around the identity and activities of the person to whom Luke dedicated the books, the most excellent Theophilus. ... Read more
Recent decades have seen substantial questioning of the unity of the books of Luke and Acts. With this volume, Stefan Nordgaard takes a close look at that question, with a specific eye toward Lukes attitude toward possessions and family. He clearly maps out an ethic that is not set in stone, but changes over time, from a chiefly ascetic position in the gospel to a somewhat bourgeois position in Acts. Nordgaard goes on to offer a historical explanation for the change, built around the identity and activities of the person to whom Luke dedicated the books, the most excellent Theophilus. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Copenhagen, Denmark
ISBN
9788763544948
SKU
V9788763544948
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About Stefan Nordgaard
Stefan Nordgaard holds a PhD in New Testament scholarship from the University of Copenhagen. His research focuses on early Christian history in the light of Platonic and Stoic philosophy and Roman social history. His previous publications include Allegory Transformed: Appropriation of Philonic Allegory in the Letter to the Hebrews.
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