Eric Clouston

How Ancient Narratives Persuade (eBook, PDF)

Acts in Its Literary Context

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The Acts of the Apostles includes persuasive speeches, but the whole story should also be seen as an act of persuasion. In How Ancient Narratives Persuade: Acts in Its Literary Context, Eric Clouston takes a fresh approach to interpreting Acts, treating it as a persuasive narrative. Comparison with other Greek narratives allows Clouston to show how events and characters--and how they are described as worthy of trust, empathy, or respect, as well as their speeches and narrator asides--all have different persuasive effects. His examination of the persuasive effects of narrative in Acts leads at last to conclusions about the purpose of the work directed to a readership unconvinced by the figure of Paul.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781978797222
• Artikelnr.: 74397533

Autorenporträt

Eric Clouston is a priest in the Church of England and teaches theology internationally.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Why Study the Persuasiveness of Narrative? 2. How to Identify the
Persuasive Features of a Narrative 3. Narrative Persuasion in Philo's
Embassy to Gaius 4. Narrative Persuasion in Josephus's Jewish War 5.
Narrative Persuasion in Joseph and Aseneth 6. Narrative Persuasion in the
Letter of Aristeas 7. Basic Literary Analysis of Acts 8. Narrative
Persuasion in Acts 9. Case Study: The Cornelius Episode, Acts 10:1-11:18
10. Comparison Between the Five Texts 11. Revisiting the Purpose of Acts
12. Conclusions