Sight and Blindness in Luke-Acts

Sight and Blindness in Luke-Acts
Author :
Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 233
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9789004165359
ISBN-13 : 9004165355
Rating : 4/5 (355 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Sight and Blindness in Luke-Acts by : Chad Hartsock

Download or read book Sight and Blindness in Luke-Acts written by Chad Hartsock and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading Luke-Acts through the lens of Greco-Roman physiognomics, this is a study of the use of physical descriptions in characterization in the biblical texts. Specifically, this work studies blindness as characterization and, ultimately, as an interpretive guide to Luke-Acts.


Sight and Blindness in Luke-Acts Related Books

Sight and Blindness in Luke-Acts
Language: en
Pages: 233
Authors: Chad Hartsock
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-01-01 - Publisher: BRILL

GET EBOOK

Reading Luke-Acts through the lens of Greco-Roman physiognomics, this is a study of the use of physical descriptions in characterization in the biblical texts.
Jesus the Bridegroom
Language: en
Pages: 456
Authors: Phillip J. Long
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-11-06 - Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

GET EBOOK

Did Jesus claim to be the "bridegroom"? If so, what did he mean by this claim? When Jesus says that the wedding guests should not fast "while the bridegroom is
Sight and Blindness in Luke-Acts
Language: en
Pages: 232
Authors: Chad Hartsock
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-05-31 - Publisher: BRILL

GET EBOOK

The ancient world often thought in terms of physiognomics—the idea that character can be discerned by studying outward, physical features. That physical descr
Sense and Stigma in the Gospels
Language: en
Pages: 207
Authors: Louise J. Lawrence
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-10 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

GET EBOOK

Louise J. Lawrence presents provocative re-interpretations of biblical characters that have previously been sidelined and stigmatised on account of their percei
Galatians
Language: en
Pages: 171
Authors: Phillip J. Long
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-05-29 - Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

GET EBOOK

Galatians is one of the earliest of the Pauline letters and is therefore among the first documents written by Christians in the first century. Paul’s letter t