Perfect martyr the stoning of Stephen and the construction of Christian identity
This book analyzes Stephen's perfection, both his rhetorical fittingness & Christian tradition concerning the significance of his dying forgiveness prayer. It questions the historicity underscores Acts' rhetorical violence, and reads Acts against narratives of the martyrdom of James as...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2010, 2010
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This book analyzes Stephen's perfection, both his rhetorical fittingness & Christian tradition concerning the significance of his dying forgiveness prayer. It questions the historicity underscores Acts' rhetorical violence, and reads Acts against narratives of the martyrdom of James as a means to a richer history of early Jewish-Christian relations |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9780199866618 0199866619 |