TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brink,Laurie
TI  - Soldiers in Luke-Acts: Engaging, Contradicting, and Transcending the Stereotypes
T2  - Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe
SN  - 3161531647
AV  - BX1 .S653 2014
PY  - 2014///
PB  - Mohr Siebeck
KW  - Bible
KW  - Luke
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Acts
KW  - Military art and science in the Bible
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 2; b
N2  - The author of Luke-Acts constructs a portrait of the Roman military that relies on a variety of literary stereotypes, anticipating that his authorial audience, familiar with the stereotypes, will bring their experience to bear in the process of more fully characterizing the soldiers. Expecting their antipathy, Luke upsets his authorial audience's expectations. Laurie Brink demonstrates that the soldiers, in fact, do not wholly live up to their bad reputations. Engaging, contradicting and transcending the literary stereotypes, Luke creates a progressive portrait of the Roman soldier that demons
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