Soldiers in Luke-Acts

Name: Soldiers in Luke-Acts | Engaging, Contradicting, and Transcending the Stereotypes
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Engaging, Contradicting, and Transcending the Stereotypes

Laurie Brink(Autor*in)

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Erschienen am 10. März 2014

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Preface
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Luke and the Military
1. Assessing the Situation
1.1 De re militari in Luke-Acts
1.2 Scholarly Investigations of the Military in Luke-Acts
2. Methodology: A Strategic Approach
2.1 Literary Criticism: Attending to the Narrative
2.2 Redaction Criticism: Seeing the Seams
2.3 Assumptions about the Text, Author, and Audience
2.3.1 About the Text
2.3.2 About the Author
2.3.3 About the Audience
2.3.3.1 Which Audience(s)?
2.3.3.2 The Lucan Authorial Audience
3. Plan of Action
Chapter 2: Characterization in Ancient Literature
1. Introduction
2. The Process of Characterization and the Function of Narrative Personae
2.1 Creating Characters
2.1.1 The Importance of ??d??a in Characterization
2.1.2 Modern Literary Theory and the Creation of Character
2.1.3 Filling in the Gaps: The Role of the Audience
2.2 The Narrative and Rhetorical Functions of Characters
3. The Characterization of Soldiers in Greco-Roman Literature
3.1 Soldiers in the Historiographies
3.1.1 The Experience in and of Battle
3.1.2 Historiographers' Characterization of Soldiers
3.2 Soldiers in the Comedies, Novels, and Satires
4. Conclusion
Chapter 3: Literary Stereotypes of Greco-Roman Soldiers
1. Introduction
1.1 Restricting Expectations: The Creation of Stereotypes
1.2 The Homeric Origins of Divergent Military Stereotypes
2. The Heirs of Odysseus and Thersites
2.1 Soldiers on the Battlefield
2.1.1 ???? ??a???
2.1.1.1 The Brave Soldier
2.1.1.2 The Holy Warrior
2.1.2 The Undisciplined Soldier
2.1.2.1 The Coward
2.1.2.2 The Greedy Soldier
2.1.2.3 The Mutineer
2.1.3 Conclusion: Responding to the Call to Arms
2.2 Policemen in the Provinces
2.2.1 The Rescuer
2.2.2 The Bully
2.2.3 Conclusion: Good Cop, Bad Cop
2.3 Veterans on the Home Front
2.3.1 The Good Citizen
2.3.2 The Braggart
2.3.3 Conclusion: Honorable and Dishonorable Discharge
3. Evaluation of Literary Military Stereotypes
3.1 Virtuous Military Stereotypes
3.2 Ignoble Military Stereotypes
Chapter 4: Stereotypical or Against the Grain? The Portrayals of Military Characters in Luke-Acts
1. Introduction
1.1 The Province of Judea
1.2 Roman Auxiliary Cohorts
2. The Characterization of Soldiers and Officers in the Gospel of Luke
2.1 The Soldiers Questioning John the Baptist: Luke 3:14
2.1.1 Bullies Shaking Down the Provincials
2.1.2 Soldiers Capable of Repentance
2.2 The Soldiers at the Detainment and Crucifixion of Jesus: Luke 23
2.2.1 Herodian Soldiers as Bullies
2.2.2 Roman Soldiers Obediently Following Orders
2.2.3 The Centurion at the Cross Depicted as ??seß??
2.2.3.1 An Obedient Officer Glorifying the God of the Jews
2.2.3.2 The Centurion at the Cross Speaks
3. The Characterization of Soldiers and Officers in the Acts of the Apostles
3.1 The Soldiers of Herod Agrippa: Acts 12:4-11, 18-19
3.2 The Roman Soldiers and Officers Quartered in Jerusalem: Acts 21-23
3.2.1 Setting the Scene
3.2.1.1 The Tribune's First Rescue of Paul: Acts 21:27-40
3.2.1.2 The Tribune's Second Rescue of Paul: Acts 22:22-29
3.2.1.3 The Tribune Claudius Lysias' Final Rescue of Paul Acts 23:16-33
3.2.2 The Characterization of the Tribune Claudius Lysias and His Centurions
3.2.2.1 The Tribune Claudius Lysias as a Rescuer and an ???? ??a???
3.2.2.2 The Tribune Claudius Lysias as Outranked
3.2.2.3 The Centurions Depicted as Comic Foils
3.3 Julius the Centurion, His Soldiers, and the Praetorian Guard: Acts 27-28
3.3.1 Setting the Scene
3.3.2 The Characterization of the Centurion and Soldiers in Chapters 27-28
3.3.2.1 The Centurion Julius as F???????p??
3.3.2.2 The Centurion Julius to the Rescue
4. Conclusion
Chapter 5: Transcending Stereotypes: The Centurions of Capernaum and Caesarea
1. Introduction
2. The Centurion of Capernaum: Luke 7:1-10
2.1 Intertextual Antecedents
2.2 Luke's Redaction of Q
2.3 Analysis of the Characterization of the Centurion of Capernaum
2.3.1 Expecting the Centurion to be Depicted as a Bully
2.3.2 Expecting the Centurion to be Depicted as Greedy
2.3.3 The Centurion and His Embassies
2.3.3.1 The Jewish ??esß?te??? Present the Centurion as ?????
2.3.3.2 The F???? Represent the Centurion's Humility
2.3.4 The Centurion Depicted as an ???? ??a???
3. Cornelius the Centurion: Acts 10
3.1 The Cornelius Event within the Acts of the Apostles
3.2 Analysis of the Characterization of Cornelius, the Centurion of Caesarea
3.2.1 The Centurion Cornelius Depicted as a Roman ???? ??a??? .
3.2.2 The Centurion Cornelius Depicted as ??seß??
3.2.3 The Centurion Cornelius Hosts Peter the Apostle
4. Conclusion
4.1 The Centurion of Capernaum as an Example of ??st??
4.2 Cornelius the Centurion as Filled with the Holy Spirit
Chapter 6: The Roman Soldier as a Parabolic Exemplum
1. Introduction
1.1 Greco-Roman Literary Stereotypes of Soldiers
1.2 Luke's Use of Stereotypes
2. The Cumulative Characterization of Soldiers in Luke-Acts
3. The Function of the Lucan Portrait of Soldiers
3.1 The Narrative Audience and Lucan Soldiers
3.2 The Roman Soldier as a Parabolic Exemplum
Bibliography
Ancient Sources: Texts, Editions, Translations
Secondary Sources
Index of Sources
Old Testament
New Testament
Ancient Authors
Index of Modern Authors
Index of Subjects

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