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Prayer and vindication in Luke-Acts : the theme of prayer within the context of the legitimating and edifying objective of the Lukan narrative / Geir Otto Holmås.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Library of New Testament studies ; vol. 433 | T & T Clark library of biblical studiesPublication details: London ; New York : T & T Clark, 2011. Description: xvi, 300 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780567017567
  • 0567017567
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BS2589.6.P67 H65 2011
Contents:
Introduction -- Delimiting the scope of the study : semantic considerations and text selection -- Outlining the controlling agenda of Luke-Acts : Lukan prayer within the context of the historiographical aims of the double work -- Prayer and Israel's hope at the opening of Luke's Gospel (Luke 1-2) -- The pray-er par excellence : the Lukan portrait of the praying Jesus (Luke 3-24) -- Modelling prayer : prayer and discipleship in the period of Jesus -- Excursus I : the general teaching on prayer and Luke's intended readership -- Persistent prayer and the formation and expansion of the restored people : prayer in the life and mission of the early community in Acts (Acts 1-12) -- Excursus II : Prayer and the Holy Spirit in the Acts narrative -- Between hardship and hope : prayer in the context of Paul's mission and trial (Acts 13-28) -- Conclusions.
Item type: Book
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Bishop Okullu Memorial Library (Limuru Campus) General Circulation Non-fiction BS2589.6.P67 H65 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 061993
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Substantially revised version of the author's thesis (Dr. Theol.)--MF Norwegian School of Theology, Oslo.

"A Continuum imprint"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction -- Delimiting the scope of the study : semantic considerations and text selection -- Outlining the controlling agenda of Luke-Acts : Lukan prayer within the context of the historiographical aims of the double work -- Prayer and Israel's hope at the opening of Luke's Gospel (Luke 1-2) -- The pray-er par excellence : the Lukan portrait of the praying Jesus (Luke 3-24) -- Modelling prayer : prayer and discipleship in the period of Jesus -- Excursus I : the general teaching on prayer and Luke's intended readership -- Persistent prayer and the formation and expansion of the restored people : prayer in the life and mission of the early community in Acts (Acts 1-12) -- Excursus II : Prayer and the Holy Spirit in the Acts narrative -- Between hardship and hope : prayer in the context of Paul's mission and trial (Acts 13-28) -- Conclusions.

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