Herod as a composite character in Luke-Acts
By: Frank Dicken
Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe -- 375; Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament -- 375.
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Tübingen, Germany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9783161532542
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; Bible; Erzähltechnik
Description: "Were the three rulers with the name "Herod" in Luke-Acts a composite character? Frank Dicken explores their narrative similarities and interprets them as a single character in light of other examples of conflation in Jewish and early Christian literature."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.), University of Edinburgh, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-187) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The Herods in Lukan literary scholarship; title: Methodological considerations; title: From Herodian dynasty to composite "Herod"; title: A king and ruler takes his stand : composite "Herod" in Luke-Acts; title: "Herod," Satan's authority, and the proclamation of the Gospel.