The afterlife imagery in Luke's story of the rich man and Lazarus / by Outi Lehtipuu.

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Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Supplements to Novum Testamentum, v. 123
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TeilnehmendeR:
Year of Publication:2007
Language:English
Series:Supplements to Novum Testamentum ; v. 123.
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Physical Description:xii, 361 p.
Notes:Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Helsinki, 2004.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Introduction
  • Problem
  • Previous research and its evaluation
  • Purpose of this study
  • Part II: Dividing the dead: the Hellenistic matrix
  • Preliminary remarks: from fixed parallels to intertextuality
  • Differentiated fates in Greco-Roman sources
  • Differentiated fates: only an elite view?
  • Differentiated fates in Jewish sources
  • Summary of part two
  • Part III: Luke's description of the hereafter in context
  • Preliminary remarks: the function of the afterlife scene
  • Structural themes of the story
  • Details of the description
  • Summary of part three
  • Part IV: Afterlife imagery in Luke-Acts
  • Preliminary remarks: a consistent eschatological scheme?
  • Rich man and Lazarus and Luke's eschatology
  • Fate of the individual after death
  • Summary of part four
  • Conclusions.