Paul the "god" in Acts 28: A Comparison with Philoctetes
This essay treats an instance of literary aemulatio. Paul in Acts 28, like the famous hero Philoctetes, is bitten by a poisonous snake on a secluded island. The responses of these two figures to the bite, however, are fundamentally different. Philoctetes suffers extreme agony after his snakebite; Pa...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of Biblical Literature. - G. E. Stechert & Co., 1890. - 136(2017), 3, Seite 707-726 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
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2017
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Journal of Biblical Literature |
| Schlagworte: | Religion Health sciences Behavioral sciences Social sciences Arts |
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