The Wisdom of Solomon, Ruler Cults, and Paul's Polemic against Idols in the Areopagus Speech
Despite recent attempts to read Luke-Acts as subverting Roman imperial ideology and power, the Areopagus speech in Acts 17:16-34 remains politically elusive. If Luke's attitude toward Rome was negative, one would expect to find anti-imperial motifs in Paul's Missionsreden, especially in At...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Scholar's Press
[2017]
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Journal of Biblical literature
Year: 2017, Volume: 136, Issue: 3, Pages: 609-632 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Acts of the Apostles
/ Polemics
/ Greece (Antiquity)
/ Gods
/ Roman Empire
/ Ruler worship
/ Cultic object
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RelBib Classification: | BE Greco-Roman religions HC New Testament |
Further subjects: | B
BIBLE. Song of Solomon
B Worship B Gods B Bible. Acts B Paul, The Apostle, Saint |
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