An introduction to physiognomy -- Eyes, sight, and blindness : learning to see with physiognomic eyes -- Physiognomy and blindness in the Old Testament and Second Temple Judaism -- Physiognomy and blindness in the New Testament and other early -- Physiognomy and blindness in Luk…
The ancient world often thought in terms of physiognomies - the idea that character can be discerned by studying outward, physical features. That physical descriptions carry moral freight in characterization has been largely missed in modern biblical scholarship, and this study …
Offers a study of a particular physical marker-blindness. This book makes use of a topos in a way that becomes programmatic, serving as a kind of interpretive key to Luke-Acts.
This work focuses on the authority and status of the author of Luke-Acts. Rick Strelan constructs the author as a Jesish Priest, examining such issues as writing and orality, authority and tradition, and the status and role of priests.
This book focuses on the authority and status of the author of Luke-Acts. What authority did he have to write a Gospel, to interpret the Jewish Scriptures and traditions of Israel, to interpret the Jesus traditions, and to update the narrative with a second volume with its inter…
"This book focuses on the authority and status of the author of Luke-Acts. What authority did he have to write a Gospel. to interpret the Jewish Scriptures and traditions of Israel, to interpret the jesus traditions, and to update the narrative with a second volume with its inte…
This book focuses on the authority and status of the author of Luke-Acts. What authority did he have to write a Gospel, to interpret the Jewish Scriptures and traditions of Israel, to interpret the Jesus traditions, and to update the narrative with a second volume with its inter…
"John the Baptist as a Rewritten Figure in Luke-Acts compares the Gospel of Luke's account of John's ministry with those of Matthew, Mark, and John to make the case for the hypertextual relationship between the synoptic gospels. The book is divided into three parts. Part I situa…