Plots of epiphany
Subtitle: prison-escape in Acts of the Apostles
By: John B. Weaver.
Series: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche ;; Bd. 131
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
Subjects: Bible. N.T. Acts -- Criticism, Form; Miracles -- Comparative studies; Escapes -- Mythology -- Comparative studies; Myth in the Bible
Genres: Comparative studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prison-escape and myth-criticism; title: Epiphanic rescue from prison in ancient myth and history; title: Beginning from Jerusalem : prison-escape and the mythopoesis of Christian origins in Acts 1-7; title: Rescue and regicide : the poetics and politics of group validation in Acts 12; title: A door of faith opened to the Gentiles : prison epiphany and cult foundation in Acts 16.