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

Despite the keen scholarly interest in the Gospel parables, the afterlife scenery in the story of the rich man and Lazarus has often been overlooked. Using insights from the orality studies and intertextuality, the author places the Lukan description of the fate of the dead into the larger Hellenist...

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Superior document:Supplements to Novum Testamentum, v. 123
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Year of Publication:2007
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Supplements to Novum Testamentum ; v. 123.
Physical Description:1 online resource (375 pages)
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.