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Death and Resurrection: The Shape and Function of a Literary Motif in the Book of Acts

Death and Resurrection: The Shape and Function of a Literary Motif in the Book of Acts

Horton, Dennis J.

Paperback

Bible StudiesGeneral Christianity

ISBN10: 0227173651
ISBN13: 9780227173657
Publisher: James Clarke Company
Published: Aug 25 2011
Pages: 136
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
An exploration of the motifs of death and resurrection in the Acts of the Apostles, and its theological and sociological role in the Lukan narrative.

In this well-argued and clear-structured work, Dennis Horton highlights the shape and function of the death-and-resurrection motif by applying William Freedman's criteria of a literary motif to the Acts narrative. By analysing the statements about death and resurrection together with the examples of this messianic pattern within the experiences of major and minor characters, the motif becomes clear. This primary motif of death and resurrection is then contrasted with a secondary motif of death and decay, which functions as a warning to Christians. Thus suffering is ultimately an integral part of the life in Christ, but one that becomes balanced by renewed and eternal life.

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