A Postcolonial Reading of the Acts of the Apostles (Studies in Biblical Literature) [1 ed.] 9781433116087, 9781453902370, 1433116081
A Postcolonial Reading of the Acts of the Apostles explores Acts, with its twofold motif of self-exaltation and self-att
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Table of contents :
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Postcolonial Criticism as an Optic for Biblical Studies
Introduction
Definitions
The Prefix "Post"
Postcolonialism and Biblical Studies
Conclusion
Postcolonial Categories
Hybridity
Diaspora-Alterity
Mimicry/Mockery
Identity
Race in Imperialism and Colonialism
The Signifiers of Race, Culture, and Nation
Problems of Representation
Examples of Representation of the Other
Feminism and Race
Empire Representations — Greeks, Romans and Jews
The Greeks
Examples of the Literary Construct of Barbarism — The Romans
Judaism
Conclusion
My Critique and Some Observations
Chapter 2. The Death of Herod Agrippa I as Starting Point
Introduction
Analysis of Acts 12 as Narrative Context
Some Observations Regarding Herod Julius Agrippa I as a King of Judea
Analysis of Acts 12 as Type-Scene
Definitions and Usage
The Model of the Passion
The Model of the Exodus
The Model of Food Dependence in Acts 12
Models of Self-Exaltation in Luke-Acts
Role and Purpose of Acts 12 in Luke-Acts
Chapter 3. Roman Imperial Worship—Presuppositions for the Study
Roman Religion in History
Introduction and Presuppositions
Roman Self-Identity and Religion
Corporate Identity
Religio Licita or Non Licita?
The Ruler Cult—Imperial Worship in History
Introduction
Understanding the Other in History
The Oriental or Eastener Perspective
An Example Comparing the Romans with the Egyptians
The Problem of Divinization or Deification
Traditional Posture or Shared Cult Partnership between Emperors and Local Gods
Mandatory or Voluntary Worship
Imperial Cult Development during the Time of Augustus
Other Emperors
The Importance of Neokoros as Sole Cult for the Emperor and Not as a Combined Worship to God/dess and the Emperor
Introduction to Neokoroi
Ephesus
Gaius & Nero
The Augusti
Theologoi
Domitian
Other Elements: The Different Colossi and the Worship of the Augusti
Hadrian
Conclusion
Examples from Other Cities
Smyrna
Kyzikus
Excursus: Inscriptions Bearing the Names of Emperors as Gods
Conclusion
Chapter 4. Representation in Acts of the Institutions of Judaism
Introduction
Jewish and Jewish Christian Self-Identity and the Institutions in History
The Institution of the Sanhedrin
Representation and Evaluation of Jewish Establishment in Acts
The Prologue of Acts
Transference of Powers
From the Center of the World to the End of the Earth
The Term End of the Earth
The Kingdom of Israel and Kingdom of God
The Mistaken Restoration of the Kingdom to Israel versus the Establishment of the Eschatological Kingdom of God
Relationship of the Kingdom to Jerusalem versus the Concept of House and Sons of Israel
The Importance of the Temple
The Purpose of the Temple —Oikos in Stephen's Speech
Rulers and Judges as Leaders in Relation to Stephen's Speech and the Temple
The Concept of House-Oikos Compared to the Rending of the Veil of the Temple in Luke-Acts
The Identity of the Jews — the Rejection
Who are the Persecutors and the Ioudaioi in Acts?
New Opposition Groups, the Pseudo-Prophet and the Directional Shift
From Synagogues to Gentiles?
The Jews of Asia
Conclusion
The Lukan Paul
The Jewish-Pharisee Paul
The Identity of Paul and the Jews
Paul and Other Groups
Paul's Hybridity
Conclusion
Chapter 5. The Roman Representation in the Acts of the Apostles
Introduction
In the Roman Colony of Philippi: Proclaiming "Unlawful Customs for Romans to Adopt"
Philippi as a Roman Colony: Instances that Depict its Structures of Power
In Front of the Roman Authorities: The Arrest and Trial
Incarceration and Deliverance
The Release—A Conclusion
Against the Decrees of Caesar in Thessalonica
The Accusation: Turning the World (Oikoumene) Upside-Down
Trial and Sentence—Acting Contrary to the Decrees of Caesars: A Brief Excurses on Some of the Decrees
Cases of Idolatry and Mockery of the Roman Representation— In Athens
Athens and Lystra
Who Does Not Know? Idolatry and Imperial Worshipers in Ephesus
The Burning of Incantation and Magic Books
Accusation: "Gods are Not Made with Hands" — A Case of Disrepute
The Ambivalent "Some" of the Asiarchs
Treating Identity and Commercialism
In Front of the Roman Authorities —A Final Conclusion
The Arrest in the Temple by the Roman Tribune — Seeing the Other
In Front of the Roman Governors
In Front of Felix
In Front of Festus
In Front of Agrippa II — The Client-King of the Romans
Conclusion
General Conclusions and Observations
Bibliography
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