Das Schweigen des Luka Überlegungen zum offenen Ende der Apostelgeschichte

Omerzu, Heike

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“…Earlier episodes in the Acts narrative prefigure Paul's death (Acts 20:18-34) or his meeting with the emperor (Acts 25:10-12), but neither event has found its way into the Acts narrative. The reasons for Acts' silence on Paul's death in particular have been amply debated in scholarship, with some scholars arguing for a lack of information on Luke's part (e.g., Omerzu 2001). 18 This may or may not be the case.…”

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Journeys without End: Narrative Endings and Implied Readers in Acts of the Apostles and Philostratus’ Life of Apollonius of Tyana

Hartog

2024

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This contribution compares the final sections of Acts of the Apostles and Philostratus’ Life of Apollonius of Tyana. Through this comparison, I aim to show that these two writings resemble one another in their attention to travel as a literary theme. Both Acts and Life employ this theme to communicate their message and, in their narrative endings, set up their implied readers as travelers who are meant to continue the journeys of the protagonists in these writings. At the same time, Acts and Life differ in how exactly they envision their readers to continue the journeys of their protagonists. I will argue that these similarities and differences can be explained by the shared social and intellectual climate that Acts and Life inhabit: both writings result from discourses on travel and self that were rife among intellectuals in the Roman Empire in the first three centuries of our era, irrespective of their ethnic, legal, or cultural affiliations.

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Journeys without End: Narrative Endings and Implied Readers in Acts of the Apostles and Philostratus’ Life of Apollonius of Tyana

Hartog

2024

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“…Contrary to the events in Philippi or Corinth, a formal criminal procedure was launched against Paul in Judea (Tajra 1989; Omerzu 2002; Mandas 2017). The situation began, however, with simple law enforcement measures, as in Philippi: Claudius Lysias, the commander of the Roman garrison in Jerusalem, intervened to stop a Jewish uprising against Paul (21.27-32).…”

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The Provincial Contexts of Paul’s Imprisonments: Law Enforcement and Criminal Procedure in the Roman East

Brélaz

2021

Journal for the Study of the New Testament

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This article explores the legal contexts which led to the multiple imprisonments experienced by the Paul of the letters (as attested in particular by Phil. 1.13) and depicted also in Acts, contrasting these with the numerous occasions where the apostle faced opposition or even violence from local populations and authorities without being jailed. By looking at the realities of law enforcement operations and criminal procedures in the Eastern provinces of the Roman Empire, this article helps reassess two major issues with regard to the rise of Christ-groups from the middle of the first to the beginning of the second century, namely: For what reasons were Christians arrested and imprisoned by Roman authorities? What was the agenda of the author of Acts in paying so much attention to the legal context of Paul’s arrest and later transfer to the emperor’s court?

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Das Schweigen des Luka Überlegungen zum offenen Ende der Apostelgeschichte

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Journeys without End: Narrative Endings and Implied Readers in Acts of the Apostles and Philostratus’ Life of Apollonius of Tyana

Journeys without End: Narrative Endings and Implied Readers in Acts of the Apostles and Philostratus’ Life of Apollonius of Tyana

The Provincial Contexts of Paul’s Imprisonments: Law Enforcement and Criminal Procedure in the Roman East

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