دانلود کتاب A Postcolonial Reading of the Acts of the Apostles (Studies in Biblical Literature)

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Table of Contents\nChapter 1. Postcolonial Criticism as an Optic for Biblical Studies\n Introduction\n Definitions\n The Prefix \"Post\"\n Postcolonialism and Biblical Studies\n Conclusion\n Postcolonial Categories\n Hybridity\n Diaspora-Alterity\n Mimicry/Mockery\n Identity\n Race in Imperialism and Colonialism\n The Signifiers of Race, Culture, and Nation\n Problems of Representation\n Examples of Representation of the Other\n Feminism and Race\n Empire Representations — Greeks, Romans and Jews\n The Greeks\n Examples of the Literary Construct of Barbarism — The Romans\n Judaism\n Conclusion\n My Critique and Some Observations\nChapter 2. The Death of Herod Agrippa I as Starting Point\n Introduction\n Analysis of Acts 12 as Narrative Context\n Some Observations Regarding Herod Julius Agrippa I as a King of Judea\n Analysis of Acts 12 as Type-Scene\n Definitions and Usage\n The Model of the Passion\n The Model of the Exodus\n The Model of Food Dependence in Acts 12\n Models of Self-Exaltation in Luke-Acts\n Role and Purpose of Acts 12 in Luke-Acts\nChapter 3. Roman Imperial Worship—Presuppositions for the Study\n Roman Religion in History\n Introduction and Presuppositions\n Roman Self-Identity and Religion\n Corporate Identity\n Religio Licita or Non Licita?\n The Ruler Cult—Imperial Worship in History\n Introduction\n Understanding the Other in History\n The Oriental or Eastener Perspective\n An Example Comparing the Romans with the Egyptians\n The Problem of Divinization or Deification\n Traditional Posture or Shared Cult Partnership between Emperors and Local Gods\n Mandatory or Voluntary Worship\n Imperial Cult Development during the Time of Augustus\n Other Emperors\n The Importance of Neokoros as Sole Cult for the Emperor and Not as a Combined Worship to God/dess and the Emperor\n Introduction to Neokoroi\n Ephesus\n Gaius & Nero\n The Augusti\n Theologoi\n Domitian\n Other Elements: The Different Colossi and the Worship of the Augusti\n Hadrian\n Conclusion\n Examples from Other Cities\n Smyrna\n Kyzikus\n Excursus: Inscriptions Bearing the Names of Emperors as Gods\n Conclusion\nChapter 4. Representation in Acts of the Institutions of Judaism\n Introduction\n Jewish and Jewish Christian Self-Identity and the Institutions in History\n The Institution of the Sanhedrin\n Representation and Evaluation of Jewish Establishment in Acts\n The Prologue of Acts\n Transference of Powers\n From the Center of the World to the End of the Earth\n The Term End of the Earth\n The Kingdom of Israel and Kingdom of God\n The Mistaken Restoration of the Kingdom to Israel versus the Establishment of the Eschatological Kingdom of God\n Relationship of the Kingdom to Jerusalem versus the Concept of House and Sons of Israel\n The Importance of the Temple\n The Purpose of the Temple —Oikos in Stephen\'s Speech\n Rulers and Judges as Leaders in Relation to Stephen\'s Speech and the Temple\n The Concept of House-Oikos Compared to the Rending of the Veil of the Temple in Luke-Acts\n The Identity of the Jews — the Rejection\n Who are the Persecutors and the Ioudaioi in Acts?\n New Opposition Groups, the Pseudo-Prophet and the Directional Shift\n From Synagogues to Gentiles?\n The Jews of Asia\n Conclusion\n The Lukan Paul\n The Jewish-Pharisee Paul\n The Identity of Paul and the Jews\n Paul and Other Groups\n Paul\'s Hybridity\n Conclusion\nChapter 5. The Roman Representation in the Acts of the Apostles\n Introduction\n In the Roman Colony of Philippi: Proclaiming \"Unlawful Customs for Romans to Adopt\"\n Philippi as a Roman Colony: Instances that Depict its Structures of Power\n In Front of the Roman Authorities: The Arrest and Trial\n Incarceration and Deliverance\n The Release—A Conclusion\n Against the Decrees of Caesar in Thessalonica\n The Accusation: Turning the World (Oikoumene) Upside-Down\n Trial and Sentence—Acting Contrary to the Decrees of Caesars: A Brief Excurses on Some of the Decrees\n Cases of Idolatry and Mockery of the Roman Representation— In Athens\n Athens and Lystra\n Who Does Not Know? Idolatry and Imperial Worshipers in Ephesus\n The Burning of Incantation and Magic Books\n Accusation: \"Gods are Not Made with Hands\" — A Case of Disrepute\n The Ambivalent \"Some\" of the Asiarchs\n Treating Identity and Commercialism\n In Front of the Roman Authorities —A Final Conclusion\n The Arrest in the Temple by the Roman Tribune — Seeing the Other\n In Front of the Roman Governors\n In Front of Felix\n In Front of Festus\n In Front of Agrippa II — The Client-King of the Romans\n Conclusion\nGeneral Conclusions and Observations\nBibliography