How Ancient Narratives Persuade - Acts in Its Literary Context

In How Ancient Narratives Persuade: Acts in Its Literary Context, Eric Clouston brings a new approach to the interpretation of Acts by treating it as a persuasive narrative.

List of contents

1. Why Study the Persuasiveness of Narrative?
2. How to Identify the Persuasive Features of a Narrative
3. Narrative Persuasion in Philo's Embassy to Gaius
4. Narrative Persuasion in Josephus's Jewish War
5. Narrative Persuasion in Joseph and Aseneth
6. Narrative Persuasion in the Letter of Aristeas
7. Basic Literary Analysis of Acts
8. Narrative Persuasion in Acts
9. Case Study: The Cornelius Episode, Acts 10:1-11:18
10. Comparison Between the Five Texts
11. Revisiting the Purpose of Acts
12. Conclusions

About the author

By Eric Clouston

Product details

• Authors: Eric Clouston
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9781978706606
• ISBN: 978-1-978706-60-6
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Christianity, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: ancient, classical & medieval, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Criticism & Exegesis Of Sacred Texts