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Table of contents :
Cover
Title
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: lntroduction
1.1 Problems to be Addressed
1.2 Review of Recent Scholarly Trends
1.3 The Argument of This Study
1.4 Methodology
1.5 Presuppositions
1.5.1 The Date of Acts
1.5.2 The Author and Audience of Acts
1.5.3 Relevant Comparanda
1.5.4 "Paganism": A Brief Note on Terminology
1.6. Plan of Study
Chapter 2: Defining Divinity (Part 1): Understanding Divinity in Mediterranean Antiquity
2.1 What Makes a God a God?
2.2 Concepts of Divine Humans in Mediterranean Antiquity
2.2.1 Daimones, Angels, and Demons
2.2.2 Heroes and Demigods
2.2.3 Theioi Andres/8d ot avöpds
2.2.4 Mythology of the Immortals
2.2.5 Hellenistic Ruler, Roman Imperial, and Mediterranean Benefactor Cults
2.2.6 Epiphanies Disguised Deities
2.2.7 Conclusion
2.3 Conclusion
Chapter 3: Defining Divinity (Part 2): Deification and Jewish Monotheism
3.1 Jewish Monotheism in Recent Debate
3.2 Moses as a Divine Figure in Hellenistic Judaism
3.2.1 Philo
3.2.2 Josephus
3.2.3 Artapanus
3.2.4 Ezekiel the Tragedian
3.2.5 The Assumption of Moses and the Epistle of Jude
3.3 Judaism, Monotheism, and Mosaic Deification: A Summary
3.4 Conclusion
Chapter 4: Desiring Divinity: Self-Deification and lts Functions
4.1 Self-Deification in the Ancient Mediterranean
4.2 Simon the Samaritan
4.2.1 Simon in Luke's Context
4.2.2 Simon as ή δύναμις τοῦ θεοῦ ἡ καλουμένη μεγάλη in Luke/Acts
4.2.3 Characterizing Simon in Acts
4.2.4 Conclusion
4.3 Herod Agrippa I
4.3.1 Herod Agrippa I in Context
4.3.2 Herod Agrippa, the Ruler Cult, and Tyrannical Leaders in Luke/Acts
4.3.3 Herod Agrippa's Death and Divine Retribution in Luke/Acts
4.3.4 Characterizing Herod as a Divine Claimant
4.4 Conclusion
Chapter 5: Denying Divinity: Denials of Divine Claims in Mediterranean Antiquity
5.1 Denying Divinity in the Ancient Mediterranean
5.2 Peter's Refusal of Cornelius's Worship
5.2.1 Cornelius's Προσκύνησις as "Worship"
5.2.2 The lnfluence of the Cults of Rulers and Benefactors on Peter's Denial
5.2.3 The Nature of True Benefaction in Luke/Acts
5.3 Paul and Barnabas, "gods" in Lystra?
5.3.1 The Mythical Substructure and lts Role in the Narrative
5.3.2 The Divine Deeds
5.3.3 The Divine Denial in lts Narrative, Mythic, and Theological Contexts
5.3.4 Resistance in the Narrative? Reading Acts 14:19-20 in the Second Century
5.3.5 Characterizing Paul
5.4 Conclusion: Peter, Paul, and Their Divine Denials
Chapter 6: Discerning Divinity: Paul the "god" in Malta
6.1 A Critical Review of Scholarship on Acts 28:1-10
6.2 Discerning Divinity on Malta
6.2.1 Deification Scenes and Discerning Divinity in Mediterranean Antiquity
6.2.2 The Snakebite and the Deification Scene: lnnocence or Apotheosis?
6.2.3 Concepts of Divinity at Work and the Healing of Publius's Father
6.2.4 Paul as Theios Anēr in Acts
Excursus: Shadows, Cloths, and Garments - localized Divine Power in Luke/Acts
6.3 The Power at Work in Paul and Paul's Divinity
6.4 Conclusion
Chapter 7: Conclusion: Summary and Paths for Future Engagement
7.1 Summary of Study
7.2 Paths for Future Engagement
7.3 Final Thoughts
Bibliography
Index of Ancient Sources
Index of Modern Authors
Index of Subjects

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Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament · 2. Reihe Herausgeber / Editor Jörg Frey (Zürich)

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Patterns of Deification in the Acts of the Apostles

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Daniel B. Glover, born 1993; 2017 M.T.S. Duke University Divinity School; 2021 PhD Baylor University; currently Assistant Professor of New Testament at Lee University, Cleveland, TN.

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