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9789042918450

Commission Narratives

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  • ISBN13:

    9789042918450

  • ISBN10:

    9042918454

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2007-08-01
  • Publisher: Peeters Pub & Booksellers
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Summary

Commission Narratives is based on the author's doctoral dissertation in Groningen (2002). The monograph offers the first overarching, comparative treatment of commission narratives in the canonical and apocryphal Acts of the Apostles, analysing them in their ancient literary setting. Following a survey of this widespread narrative theme in the cultural environment of early Christianity, Czachesz establishes a threefold social typology of divine commission (institutional, prophetic and philosophical) and explores the occurences of the three types in the canonical and apocryphal Acts. The central chapters of the book provide a close reading of the textual evidence, investigating intertextual relations, the function of commission in the narrative structure, and the biographical models of self-definition that commission stories offered to the ancient readers in their changing social and ecclesiastical environments. Based on this textual analysis, Czachesz makes new proposals about the reconstruction, Sitz im Leben and dating of several apocryphal Acts. Finally, he examines the synchronic structure of commission, showing that the variety of commission narratives emerges from a constant set of motifs that are generated by interactions among the characters.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. xi
Introductionp. 1
Commission, Conversion, and Biographyp. 10
'As God Counselled Socrates': Stories of Divine Callp. 10
The Concept of Commissionp. 13
The Narrative Context: Biographyp. 19
A New Perspective on Commission Narrativesp. 21
Commission Narratives in the Apostolic Actsp. 25
Commission in Ancient Literaturesp. 28
Egyptp. 28
The Jewish Scripturesp. 34
Greco-Roman Literaturep. 44
The Ancient Novelp. 52
Commission Stories in the Gospelsp. 56
A Preliminary Typology of Commission Narrativesp. 58
Paul before Damascusp. 60
Acts 9p. 61
Acts 22p. 70
Acts 26p. 79
Conclusionp. 87
The Acts of Paulp. 89
The Acts of Johnp. 92
Acts of John 18p. 93
Acts of John 88-9p. 97
The Gospel of the Acts of Johnp. 102
Epistemology and Eroticismp. 106
Acts of John 113p. 111
The Platonism of the Acts of John: The Ascent of the Soul and Apophatismp. 115
Conclusionp. 119
Date and Place of Composition of the Acts of Johnp. 120
The Acts of Thomasp. 123
Protest and Reassurancep. 124
Slavery and Craftsmanshipp. 129
Conclusionp. 138
The Acts of Philipp. 140
Acts of Philip 3p. 140
Acts of Philip 8p. 144
Philip and Mariamnep. 147
Conclusionp. 153
Christ as an Eagle in the Acts of Philipp. 153
The Acts of Peter and the Twelvep. 162
Journey to the Nine Gatesp. 163
Lithargoel and the Pearl Narrativep. 165
The Acts of Peter and the Twelve and Pachomian Monasticismp. 170
Conclusionp. 182
Appendixp. 182
The Commission of John Mark in the Acts of Barnabasp. 184
The Storyp. 185
Political Themesp. 189
The Commission of John Markp. 194
Trying to Reclaim Stolen Identitiyp. 203
Conclusionp. 207
The Acts of Titusp. 208
The Acts of Titus as Biographyp. 210
Tolle legep. 215
Conclusionp. 222
Morphologyp. 224
Villainyp. 225
Sortes: 'Apostolic Lottery' and Sacred Booksp. 226
Epiphanies on the Road and on the Seap. 231
Twofold, Threefold, and Double Visionp. 234
Sickness and Healingp. 240
Helper Figuresp. 247
The Sujet of Commissionp. 249
Conclusionp. 254
Retrospects and Prospectsp. 255
The Literary Models of Apostolic Commissionp. 255
Apostolic Commission Stories as Biographical Modelsp. 265
General Conclusionp. 272
Works Citedp. 275
Index of Names, Subjects and Passagesp. 301
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