Band 154
The Literary Construction of the Other in the Acts of the Apostles Charismatics, the Jews, and Women
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James Clarke
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Sprache:Englisch
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Verlag:Boydell & Brewer Ltd
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Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
28.06.2012
Verlag
Boydell & Brewer LtdSeitenzahl
182
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22.9/15.2/1 cm
Gewicht
253 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-227-68022-3
'The Construction of the Other in the Acts of the Apostles' explores the beginnings of the Christian Church, showing how early believers united and created a self-identity through delimiting the Other. Mitzi Smith shows how the creation and subjugation of the Other was crucial for the expansion of Christianity by the Apostles. Mitzi Smith employs Jonathan Smith's theory of otherness as a framework for analysing Luke's literary and discursive construction of character in Acts. In order to define the Self we define the Other, using opposition as a form of definition and subjugation. Furthermore, Jonathan Smith argues that the project of otherness is more about proximity than alterity; the other that is like us is the most threatening. Both Luke and many others have written accounts of Jesus's deeds; Luke's project of otherness was motivated by the need to promote his account as the most accurate. Projects of otherness are linguistic or discursive, evaluative, hierarchical, and essentially political and economic. Mitzi Smith provides a new way to understand Christian identity; allowing people to understand the Other in terms of themselves.
Mitzi J. Smith is Associate Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Studies at Ashland Theological Seminary at Detroit. She is a contributor to 'True to Our Native Land' (2008).
'Here Mitzi Smith provides a subtle and well-written analysis of how the various kinds of characters are portrayed in Acts and what that means for Luke's theology of mission. She moves far beyond the usual literary summaries of Acts: both the nature of language and the nature of story-telling are treated with sensitivity and sophistication, and yet her book is readable for a non-scholarly audience. A must-read for all those interested in the literary achievement of Luke and Acts and what it means for Luke's theology'. Lawrence M. Wills, Episcopal Divinity School
Mitzi J. Smith is Associate Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Studies at Ashland Theological Seminary at Detroit. She is a contributor to 'True to Our Native Land' (2008).
'Here Mitzi Smith provides a subtle and well-written analysis of how the various kinds of characters are portrayed in Acts and what that means for Luke's theology of mission. She moves far beyond the usual literary summaries of Acts: both the nature of language and the nature of story-telling are treated with sensitivity and sophistication, and yet her book is readable for a non-scholarly audience. A must-read for all those interested in the literary achievement of Luke and Acts and what it means for Luke's theology'. Lawrence M. Wills, Episcopal Divinity School
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