THE PROPHETIC BIOGRAPHY IN THE BOOK OF ACTS

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Several texts in the Acts of the Apostles show amazing parallels with Old Testament prophetic narratives. In this study some of those parallel passages were closely examined.
Methodological issues stand in the foreground of this project. Multiple methods were used: form criticism, structural analysis, rhetorical criticism, and narrative exegesis. A definition of "comparative exegesis" was also suggested.
A narrative framework of the biography of the prophets has been established by Klaus Baltzer. The central element of the prophetic biography is the commissioning narrative. The commissioning stories in the Old and New Testaments have been mapped out by Terence Y. Mullins and Benjamin J. Hubbard. Other studies have found imitations of the stories of Abraham, Moses, Elijah, and Jonah.
Three parallels were analyzed in detail. First, the conversion of Saul in Acts 9 is parallel with the commissioning of Saul the king. Second, Peter's calling to proclaim the gospel in the house of Cornelius is parallel with the task of Jonah in the Old Testament. Third, Paul's journey to Jerusalem is similar to Jeremiah's journey to Egypt. Further examples will affirm that the activity of the apostles in the Book of Acts follow the prophetic traditions of the Old Testament.
In the final part of the thesis we will be looking for an appropriate classification of the textual parallels. The notion of "reconfiguration" is suggested and placed into a narrative framework in order to define the connection between the Book of Acts and the prophetic narrative. The revision of the topoi of the prophetic biography shows how Luke in the Acts of the Apostles reconfigures the Old Testament prophetic biography.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• ABSTRACT = i
• CHAPTER 1. Introduction = 1
• 1.1. The origin and nature of the project = 1
• 1.2. The context:Church and guild = 3
• 1.3. A working hypothesis = 4
• CHAPTER 2. On the crossroads of methods = 7
• 2.1. The challenge of applying various approaches = 7
• 2.2. Form criticism = 8
• 2.3. Structural analysis = 9
• 2.4. Rhetorical criticism = 10
• 2.5. Narrative exegesis = 12
• 2.6. Comparative exegesis = 17
• CHAPTER 3. Old testament biographical patterns in Luke-Acts = 20
• 3.1. The biography of the prophets = 20
• 3.2. Commissioning stories in Luke-Acts = 29
• 3.3. Prophetic portraits in Luke- Acts = 34
• CHAPTER 4. Saul among the prophets = 40
• 4.1. The New Testament tradition = 40
• 4.2. The persecuted god = 42
• 4.3. Saul in a basket = 44
• 4.4. Saul the prophet = 45
• 4.5. Conclusion = 70
• CHAPTER 5. Simon bar Jonah = 71
• 5.1. The prophet sent to the Gentiles = 72
• 5.2. The Gentiles plot = 75
• 5.3. Subplots = 77
• 5.4. Conclusion = 84
• CHAPTER 6. The prophet in prison and other topoi = 85
• 6.1. The prophet in prison = 85
• 6.2. The prophet's curse = 89
• 6.3. The prophetic community = 91
• 6.4. Conclusion = 92
• CHAPTER 7. The reconfiguration of the prophetic biography = 93
• 7.1. Intertextualilty and reconfiguration = 93
• 7.2. Reconfiguration and narrative exegesis = 95
• 7.3. The reconfiguration of the Old Testament prophetic biography = 98
• 7.4. Conclusion = 104
• REFERENCES = 105