The "We" Passages in the Acts of the Apostles

The Narrator as Narrative Character

Auteurs

• William S. Campbell

Paramètres

• Pages: 164 pages
• Temps de lecture: 6 heures

• Esotérisme et religion

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This book explores the narrative significance of the we passages in Acts within the boundaries of acceptable ancient grammatical practice. It contends that the occasional first-person plural narrator represents a character whose entrance at crucial moments in Paul's career parallels the role of Barnabas, the apostle's earlier companion. Although consistent with the grammatical practice of ancient writers, the use of the we style in Acts nonetheless represents a variation of those conventions because the author of Acts wrote anonymously and never claimed personal participation in the events narrated. In analyzing the function of the narrator as narrative character, the book presents narrative literary strategy as a fruitful approach to these enigmatic texts whose narrative possibilities have in the past been subordinated to their historical potential.

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• Année de publication: 2007
• Reliure: (souple)