The "we" passages in the Acts of the Apostles : the narrator as narrative character /

Campbell, William S,

The "we" passages in the Acts of the Apostles : the narrator as narrative character / [print] William Sanger Campbell. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, (c)2007. - xii, 150 pages ; 25 cm. - Studies in Biblical literature ; no. 14 . - Studies in biblical literature (Society of Biblical Literature) ; 14. .



Introduction: "The insoluble riddle" -- Categories 1 and 2: author-as-eyewitness and source-as-eyewitness solutions -- Categories 3 and 4: fictional and conventional eyewitness solutions -- Problems and possibilities -- Narrator as narrative character -- Stories, storytellers, and readers -- Readers -- Stories and storytellers -- Storytelling and storytellers -- Characterizing the storyteller -- Conclusions: narrator and narrative levels -- The narrator as "he," "me," and "we": the use of grammatical person in antiquity -- Thucydides -- Polybius -- Josephus -- Review and results: summary of findings -- Review and results: significance for Acts -- Paul and Barnabas: companions on the journey -- Paul -- Barnabas -- Barnabas as Paul' s companion -- The "we" character -- Introduction of the narrator character -- First appearance of the "we" character (Acts 16:10-17) -- Second appearance of the "we" character (Acts 20:5-21:18) -- Paul (and the narrator?) in Jerusalem and Caesarea (Acts 21:19-26:32) -- Final appearance of the "we" character (Acts 27:1-28:16) -- Conclusion: Who are "we" in Acts?: asking the question differently.



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Bible.--Acts--Criticism, Narrative.

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