The Shauf, Scottcreatorauthor.textbibliographymnuMinneapolisFortress Pressc20152015monographiceng

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350 pages ; 23 cm."Scott Shauf compares the portrayal of the divine in Acts with portrayals of the divine in other ancient historiographical writings, the latter including Jewish and wider Greco-Roman historiographical traditions. The divine may be represented as a single deity (in Judaism) or many (in Greek and Roman traditions) and also includes representations of angels, God's spirit, Jesus as a divine figure, or forces with divine status such as fate, chance, and providence. Shauf's particular interest is in how the divine is represented as involved in history, through themes including the nature of divine retribution, the partiality or impartiality of the divine toward different sets of people, and the portrayal of divine control over seemingly purely natural and human events. Acts is shown to be engaging historiographical traditions of the author's own day but also contributing unique historiographical perspectives. The way history is written in Acts and in the other writings is shown to be intimately tied to the understanding of the role of the divine in history"--Introduction -- The divine in Greco-Roman historiography -- The divine in biblical and Jewish historiography -- The divine in Hellenistic Jewish historiography -- The divine in Acts -- Historiography and the divine.by Scott Shauf.Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-317) and indexes.ff-----e------aw-----Historiography 30 B.C.-476 A.D fast GodHistory of doctrinesHistory, AncientHistoriographyJewsHistoriographyProvidence and government of GodChristianityProvidence and government of GodJudaismGodsRomeHistoryEmpire, 30 B.C.-476 A.DHistoriographyBS2625.6.H55 S48 2015226.6 Sha 20159781451484779 (pbk)97814514847792016387422YDXCP17053120250530121501.019110979eng