How Ancient Narratives Persuade
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acts
ancient greek narrative
Author_Eric Clouston
biblical criticism
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literary criticism
narrative criticism
New Testament
persuasion
pseudepigrapha
rhetoric
rhetorical criticism
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- ISBN 9781978706620
- Weight: 417g
- Dimensions: 155 x 219mm
- Publication Date: 15 Mar 2022
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The Acts of the Apostles includes persuasive speeches, but the whole story should also be seen as an act of persuasion. In How Ancient Narratives Persuade: Acts in Its Literary Context, Eric Clouston takes a fresh approach to interpreting Acts, treating it as a persuasive narrative. Comparison with other Greek narratives allows Clouston to show how events and characters––and how they are described as worthy of trust, empathy, or respect, as well as their speeches and narrator asides––all have different persuasive effects. His examination of the persuasive effects of narrative in Acts leads at last to conclusions about the purpose of the work directed to a readership unconvinced by the figure of Paul.
Eric Clouston is a priest in the Church of England and teaches theology internationally.
