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Ascent into heaven in Luke-Acts : new explorations of Luke's narrative hinge / David K. Bryan and David W. Pao, editors.

Contributor(s): Bryan, David K [editor.] | Pao, David W [editor.]
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: xv, 287 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781451496444; 1451496443Subject(s): Jesus Christ -- Ascension | Bible. Luke -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Bible. Acts -- Criticism, interpretation, etcBibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction / David K. Bryan and David W. Pao -- Ascension scholarship : past, present, and future / Arie W. Zwiep -- Lukan ascension narratives in their ancient contexts. Jesus's ascension through Old Testament narrative traditions / Steve Walton -- "For David did not ascend into heaven..." (Acts 2:34a) : reprogramming royal Psalms to proclaim the enthroned-in-heaven king / Joshua W. Jipp -- A revised cosmic hierarchy revealed : apocalyptic literature and Jesus's ascent in Luke's gospel / David K. Bryan -- Benefactor and paradigm : viewing Jesus's ascension in Luke-Acts through Greco-Roman ascension traditions / James Buchanan Wallace -- Lukan ascension narratives within Luke's literary program. The unity of Luke-Acts and the ascension narratives / Stanley E. Porter -- Jesus's ascension and the Lukan account of the restoration of Israel / David W. Pao -- The ascension and spatial theory / Matthew Sleeman -- Lukan cosmology and the ascension / Charles Anderson -- The ascension as a cultic experience in Acts / Rick Strelan -- A theologian's postscript. What is this conversation you are holding? / Douglas Farrow.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / David K. Bryan and David W. Pao -- Ascension scholarship : past, present, and future / Arie W. Zwiep -- Part I. Lukan ascension narratives in their ancient contexts. Jesus's ascension through Old Testament narrative traditions / Steve Walton -- "For David did not ascend into heaven..." (Acts 2:34a) : reprogramming royal Psalms to proclaim the enthroned-in-heaven king / Joshua W. Jipp -- A revised cosmic hierarchy revealed : apocalyptic literature and Jesus's ascent in Luke's gospel / David K. Bryan -- Benefactor and paradigm : viewing Jesus's ascension in Luke-Acts through Greco-Roman ascension traditions / James Buchanan Wallace -- Part II. Lukan ascension narratives within Luke's literary program. The unity of Luke-Acts and the ascension narratives / Stanley E. Porter -- Jesus's ascension and the Lukan account of the restoration of Israel / David W. Pao -- The ascension and spatial theory / Matthew Sleeman -- Lukan cosmology and the ascension / Charles Anderson -- The ascension as a cultic experience in Acts / Rick Strelan -- Part III. A theologian's postscript. What is this conversation you are holding? / Douglas Farrow.

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