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Many Convincing Proofs : Persuasive phenomena associated with gospel proclamation in Acts / Stephen S. Liggins.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 221Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (XVI, 317 p.)Content type:
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  • 9783110459708
  • 9783110460193
  • 9783110460377
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 230 23
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  • online - DeGruyter
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  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Note on references and style -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Early audiences and their perception of Acts -- Chapter 3: Jewish and Greco-Roman persuasive religious communication -- Chapter 4: Persuasive phenomena associated with evangelistic ministry in Acts 1–12 -- Chapter 5: Persuasive phenomena associated with evangelistic ministry in Acts 13–28 -- Chapter 6: Impact upon early audiences of Acts – Part 1: Phenomena, contexts and influence -- Chapter 7: Impact upon early audiences of Acts – Part 2: The ongoing mission -- Chapter 8: Conclusion -- Tables -- Bibliography -- Index of ancient texts -- Index of modern authors
Summary: While there have been various studies examining the contents of the evangelistic proclamation in Acts; and various studies examining, from one angle or another, individual persuasive phenomena described in Acts (e.g., the use of the Jewish Scriptures); no individual studies have sought to identify the key persuasive phenomena presented by Luke in this book, or to analyse their impact upon the book’s early audiences. This study identifies four key phenomena – the Jewish Scriptures, witnessed supernatural events, the Christian community and Greco-Roman cultural interaction. By employing a textual analysis of Acts that takes into account both narrative and socio-historical contexts, the impact of these phenomena upon the early audiences of Acts – that is, those people who heard or read the narrative in the first decades after its completion – is determined. The investigation offers some unique and nuanced insights into evangelistic proclamation in Acts; persuasion in Acts, persuasion in the ancient world; each of the persuasive phenomena discussed; evangelistic mission in the early Christian church; and the growth of the early Christian church.
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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Note on references and style -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Early audiences and their perception of Acts -- Chapter 3: Jewish and Greco-Roman persuasive religious communication -- Chapter 4: Persuasive phenomena associated with evangelistic ministry in Acts 1–12 -- Chapter 5: Persuasive phenomena associated with evangelistic ministry in Acts 13–28 -- Chapter 6: Impact upon early audiences of Acts – Part 1: Phenomena, contexts and influence -- Chapter 7: Impact upon early audiences of Acts – Part 2: The ongoing mission -- Chapter 8: Conclusion -- Tables -- Bibliography -- Index of ancient texts -- Index of modern authors

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While there have been various studies examining the contents of the evangelistic proclamation in Acts; and various studies examining, from one angle or another, individual persuasive phenomena described in Acts (e.g., the use of the Jewish Scriptures); no individual studies have sought to identify the key persuasive phenomena presented by Luke in this book, or to analyse their impact upon the book’s early audiences. This study identifies four key phenomena – the Jewish Scriptures, witnessed supernatural events, the Christian community and Greco-Roman cultural interaction. By employing a textual analysis of Acts that takes into account both narrative and socio-historical contexts, the impact of these phenomena upon the early audiences of Acts – that is, those people who heard or read the narrative in the first decades after its completion – is determined. The investigation offers some unique and nuanced insights into evangelistic proclamation in Acts; persuasion in Acts, persuasion in the ancient world; each of the persuasive phenomena discussed; evangelistic mission in the early Christian church; and the growth of the early Christian church.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Feb 2023)

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