The Early Christian Community

Name: The Early Christian Community | A Narrative Analysis of Acts 2:41-47 and 4:32-35
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A Narrative Analysis of Acts 2:41-47 and 4:32-35

Douglas A. Hume(Autor*in)

Mohr Siebeck (Verlag)

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Erschienen im Januar 2011

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Cover
Preface
Table of Contents
Abbreviations
Introduction The Question of Ethical Interpretation and the Depictions of the Early Community in Acts
I. The Problem
II. A Proposal
Chapter 1: Reading Acts 2:41-47 and 4:32-35: Retrospect and Prospect
I. Acts 2:41-47 and 4:32-35 in Twentieth-Century Scholarship
A. The Narrative Summaries in Source, Form, and Redaction Criticism
B. The Narrative Summaries in Synchronic Literary Criticism
C. Summary
D. A Survey of Ethical Interpretations of the Narrative Summaries
1. Deontological Appeals: Reflecting on the Summaries through Lukan Theology
2. Teleological Appeals: Reflecting on the Summaries through History and Ideals
3. Analogical Appeals: Reflecting on the Summaries through Moral Imagination
4. The Particularistic Historical Appeal: Reflecting on the Summaries through the Moral Ethos of the Greco-Roman world
E. Summary of Twentieth-Century Approaches
II. Narrative Ethics
A. Narrative Criticism
B. Narrative Theology
C. Ethical Interpretation in Literary Criticism
D. The Triadic Structure of Newton's Narrative Ethics
1. Narrational Ethics and its Application to Luke-Acts
2. Representational Ethics
3. Applying Representational Ethics to Luke-Acts
4. Hermeneutic Ethics and its Application to Luke-Acts
E. Illustrating Narrative Ethics: "Reading the Bible with the Damned"
III. Conclusion to Chapter One
Chapter 2: Friendship Language in Classical and Hellenistic Literature
I. Friendship Maxims in Classical and Hellenistic Literature
II. Friendship in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
A. Aristotle's Definition of Friendship
B. Three Kinds of Friendship in Aristotle's Polis
C. Reciprocity and Hierarchy in Aristotelian Friendship and Society
D. The Self and Community
E. Marriage, Family Life, and Friendship
III. Plutarch's "Advice to Bride and Groom"
A. Literary Analysis
B. The Friendship Idiom in the Moral Context of the Letter
IV. The Use of Friendship Maxims in Three Biographies by Diogenes Laertius
A. Diogenes Laertius' Life of Bion
B. Diogenes Laertius' Life of Pythagoras
C. Diogenes Laertius' Life of Epicurus
V. Iamblichus' "On the Pythagorean Way of Life"
A. Literary Analysis
B. The Friendship Idiom in the Moral Context of the Narrative
VI. Conclusion
Chapter 3: Friends of God in God's Community: Friendship Language in Acts 2:41-47
I. God, Friendship, and the Characters of Acts
II. Summary, Scene, and Repetition in Narrative Analysis
A. The Function of Acts 2:41-47 and 4:32-35 as Narrative Summaries
B. Focalization and Repetition in Narrative Analysis
C. Common Elements and Repetition in 2:41-47 and 4:32-35
III. Analysis of the First Narrative Summary: Acts 2:41-47
A. Contours and Characters
B. Narrative Context of Acts 2:41-47
C. Elements of Friendship in Acts 2:41-47
1. Persevering in Friendship through Trusting in God
2. Persevering in Friendship through Learning, Community, Worship, and Hospitality in the Jerusalem Community
3. Persevering in Friendship through Learning
4. Persevering in Friendship through Community
5. Perseverance in Friendship through Prayer and Praise
6. Persevering in Friendship through Hospitality:
a) Recognition, Joy, and Commensality in the Breaking of Bread
b) Breaking Bread and Recognizing Christ
c) Breaking Bread with Joy and Simplicity and Jesus' Kingdom Ethos
7. Friendship and Possessions
D. Everyone Experiences Awe at God's Presence
E. Favor for the Community
IV. Conclusion
Chapter 4: Friends of God in Jerusalem and Beyond: Acts 4:32-35 in Narrative Context
I. An Analysis of the Second Narrative Summary: Acts 4:32-35
A. Contours and Characters
B. Friendship Language and Characters in 4:32-35
C. Narrative Context Preceding the Summary: Acts 3:1-4:31
D. The Apostles' Power and Authority in Acts 2:41-47 and 5:11-16
E. Signs and Wonders in 2:41-47
F. Signs and Wonders in 5:11-16
G. Elements of Friendship in Acts 4:32-35
1. The Apostles' Powerful Testimony
2. The Community Speaks the Word of God Boldly
3. Redistribution of Property
4. A Jubilee Motif
II. Narrative Context Following the Summary: Acts 4:36-5:11
A. Barnabas: 4:36-37
B. Ananias and Sapphira: Acts 5:1-11
III. Conclusion
A. Acts of Proclamation
B. Sharing Possessions
Conclusion
I. Summary of Findings
II. Implications and Directions for Future Study
Bibliography
Index of Ancient Sources
A. Hebrew Scriptures and Septuagint
B. New Testament
C. Greco-Roman Authors
Index of Modern Authors
Index of Subjects

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