Spectral Lives by Luke and Philostratus

Journeying of Holy Men

Robert Lee Williams (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

320 Seiten

2023
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-5107-5 (ISBN)

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Journeying by Jesus, Apollonius, and associates was necessary for spreading good news and tangible benefits to the world in the first century. Spectral Lives by Luke and Philostratus studies how they knew that the forces to impel ethical activity were deities from above.

In the first century CE, the Jewish Jesus, his followers, and the Pythagorean Apollonius journeyed widely, each to spread their good news. Spectral Lives by Luke and Philostratus: Journeying of Holy Men argues that the biographers, Luke and Philostratus felt ethically compelled from divine specters to show and tell that good news to help their world. Post-Enlightenment developments in historiography have expanded understanding of ancient texts with a “third dimension,” a “transhuman habitat” evident in ancient texts. In this book, Robert Lee Williams investigates how affect theory has sensitized interpreters to emotional responses.

Robert Lee Williams is Distinguished Fellow at B.H. Carroll Theological Seminary advising doctoral work.

List of Maps
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1: Biographical Writings: 500 BCE to 300 CE
Part I First Century Biographies: Jewish and Christian
Chapter 2: Philo: Ancient Jewish Lives
Chapter 3: Luke: The Gospel
Chapter 4: Luke: The Acts of the Apostles
Part II: Third Century Biographies: Pythagorean
Chapter 5: Philostratus: The Life of Apollonius of Tyana
Chapter 6: Iamblichus: On the Pythagorean Way of Life
Conclusion
Bibliography

Erscheinungsdatum	03.11.2023
Zusatzinfo	9 Maps
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 237 mm
Gewicht	621 g
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10	1-7936-5107-8 / 1793651078
ISBN-13	978-1-7936-5107-5 / 9781793651075
Zustand	Neuware