Encountering images of spiritual transformation
Subtitle: the thoroughfare motif within the plot of Luke-Acts
By: James M. Morgan
Publisher: Wipf & Stock; Wipf and Stock; Wipf & Stock Publishers
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Eugene, Oregon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9781610979801
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Commentaries; Bible
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-231) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: pt. One Motifs and Plot for the Study of Luke-Acts; title: 1.How Can Motifs Contribute to the Study of Luke-Acts?; title: Reading Luke-Acts through Motifs and Plot; title: Why Such Interest in Thoroughfares in Luke-Acts?; title: The Power of Motifs: Definition, Identification, and Evaluation; title: Thoroughfare Expressions in Luke-Acts: How and Where do They Appear?; title: Thoroughfare Motif's Performance: What Narrative and Theological Value?; title: 2.The Plot of Luke-Acts: the Reader's Encounter with Spiritual Transformation; title: Definition of Plot from the Reader's Perspective; title: Theophilus as the Real and Implied Reader; title: Plot Theory and the Analysis of Nonfiction; title: The Plot of Luke-Acts; title: Questions for the Thoroughfare Motif within the Plot of Luke-Acts; title: pt. Two Analysis of the Thoroughfare Motif's Performance within the Plot; title: 3.First Encounters: Portraits of the Hero and the Forerunner (Luke 1:5-3:38); title: Note continued: Proleptic Portraits of John and Jesus via Zechariah's Canticle (Luke 1:76, 79); title: John the Baptist and the Way for the Lord (Luke 3:4-5); title: Summary of the Thoroughfare Motif in the Initial Orientation; title: 4.Contrasting Encounters: Thoroughfare Imagery for and against the Hero (Luke 4:1-23:56); title: On the Road Transition from John the Baptist to Jesus' disciples; title: Pictures of the Plot: Thoroughfare Imagery and Responses to the Hero; title: Thoroughfare Reception Scenes from Jericho to Jerusalem; title: Jesus: the Teacher of the Way of God (Luke 20:21); title: Summary of the Thoroughfare Motif in the Raveling Sequence; title: 5.Pivotal Encounter: An About-face on Emmaus Road (Luke 24:1-Acts 2:13); title: Jesus and Disciples on Emmaus Road (24:32, 35); title: Summary of the Thoroughfare Motif in the Pivot, Sequence; title: 6.Expanding Encounters: From Roads to "the Way" (Acts 2:14-28:15); title: Spotlight on Peter's Extension of Jesus' Mandate in Jerusalem; title: Note continued: Highlighted Thoroughfare Reception Scenes for the Jews and the Nations; title: Paul and Missionary Entourage: Teachers of "the Way(s) of God/the Lord"; title: Paul: Protagonist for the Collective Character, "the Way"; title: Summary of the Thbroughfare Motif in the Unraveling Sequence; title: 7.Final Encounter: "The Way" in Rome via Paul (Acts 28:16-31); title: Paul and "the Way" before the Jewish Leaders in Rome; title: Summary of the Thoroughfare Motif in the Final Orientation; title: pt. Three The Thoroughfare Motif's Narrative and Theological Value for Luke-Acts; title: 8.The Thoroughfare Motif's Narrative Performance; title: Preliminary Remarks; title: Thoroughfare Motif within the Plot's Sequences; title: Thoroughfare Motif's Efficacy via Freedman's Five Criteria; title: Synthesis of the Thoroughfare Motif's Narrative Value; title: Additional Literary Contributions; title: 9.The Thoroughfare Motif's Theological Contribution; title: Preliminary Remarks; title: The Value of Plot and Motif Analysis for Theological Studies; title: Note continued: Theological Implications from a Christocentric Plot and Motif; title: Conclusion: The Divine Way and Human Response in Plot and Explotment.