Criminalization in Acts of the Apostles

ISBN-13: 9781009366373 / Twarda / 2023 / 325 str.

Jeremy L. (Texas Christian University) Williams

Opis

Acts of the Apostles presents Roman officials and militarized police criminalizing, prosecuting, and incarcerating a movement of Jesus followers.

Spis treści

I: 1. The analysis for rhetorical criminalization (ARC); 2. Analyzing structures in Ancient Roman and Jewish Criminalizing Discourses; 3. Analyzing stories and myths in Ancient Roman and Jewish criminalizing discourses; II: 4. 'I am a Human': criminal classification of humans and racializing assemblages in Acts; 5. 'Before the Court' and the confines of judicial structures in Acts and Callirhoe; 6. 'The Foundation of the Prison Shook' and the critical analysis of Apollo's, Dionysus', and Acts' myths; 7. 'Not Lawful for Romans' and the commitments of Roman elites in Acts.