The Genre of the Acts of Andrew

Pao, David W.

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“…5 No scholarly consensus exists on the genre of the AA, see del Carro 1993;Boughton 1991;and Burrus 1987. Also see Pervo 1987;Pao 1995;Molinari 2000, 53-92;and Aubin 1998. 6 No scholarly consensus exists regarding the relationship between the GA and AA.…”

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Narrative Characterizations of Peter and Paul in Early Christianity

Phillips

2002

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haracterization in the book of Acts is interesting for several reasons. Scholars have long noted how the characterization of Paul and his message in Acts varies significantly from the image of Paul developed from his authentic letters. Although investigations into the theological differences between the Paul of Acts and the Paul of the letters has long interested scholars and has therefore generated a significant amount of research,1 I wish investigate two less traveled avenues of research. First, rather than comparing the Paul of Acts with the Paul of the letters, I want to broaden the inquiry to investigate the characterization of both Peter and Paul in a broader collection of early Christian narratives. I will compare the Peter and the Paul of the canonical Acts with the Peter and the Paul of the non-canonical, apocryphal Acts.2 Second, rather than investigating theological aspects of characterization in the canonical and apocryphal Acts, I wish to investigate economic aspects of the characterizations of Peter and Paul in these documents. As a result of this investigation, I hope to illustrate how a better understanding of Peter's and Paul's economic, social and temporal locations within Christian narratives is conducive to a better understanding of early Christianity itself. Peter and Paul in the Canonical ActsIn the canonical Acts of the Apostles, the characterizations of the eco nomic situations of Peter and of Paul are strikingly different. On the

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Narrative Characterizations of Peter and Paul in Early Christianity

Phillips

2002

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New Testament Apocrypha

Heldt¹

2010

The Blackwell Companion to the New Testament

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The Genre of Acts and Collected Biography

Adams

2013

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It is widely accepted by New Testament scholars that the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles probably originated as two parts of one work by a single author. In spite of this, the books have been assigned to very different genres: Luke is traditionally viewed as a biography of Jesus, and Acts as a history of the early church. Comparing in detail the structure and content of Acts with the formal features of history, novel, epic and biography, Sean Adams challenges this division. Applying both ancient and modern genre theory, he argues that the best genre parallel for the Acts of the Apostles is in fact collected biography. Offering a nuanced and sophisticated understanding of genre theory, along with an insightful argument regarding the composition and purpose of Acts, this book will be of interest to those studying the New Testament, Acts, genre theory and ancient literature.

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The Genre of the Acts of Andrew

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Narrative Characterizations of Peter and Paul in Early Christianity

Narrative Characterizations of Peter and Paul in Early Christianity

New Testament Apocrypha

The Genre of Acts and Collected Biography

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