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Imperial cults and the Lukan perspective on the Roman empire: reassessing a "political" dimension of Luke-Acts.

Chan Chi Ho. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 165-184). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Notes to the Readers --- p.ii / Abstract --- p.iii / Chinese Abstract --- p.iv / Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter One --- Imperial Cults as a Context of the Lukan Writings: Historical Preliminaries --- p.11 / Chapter 1.1 --- Imperial Cults or Emperor Cults as a Religion in the Roman Empire --- p.13 / Chapter 1.2 --- "The Lukan Perspective: Between the Author, the Literary Text, the Reader, and Their Historical Context" --- p.23 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Authorship and Intended Readership of the Lukan Writings --- p.24 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- Time of Composition --- p.30 / Chapter 1.2.3 --- Further Notes on Luke-Acts' Historical Situation --- p.37 / Chapter 1.3 --- The Lukan Perspective on the Roman Empire Rethought --- p.42 / Chapter Chapter Two --- A Contra-cultural Reformed Judaism Surpassing the Imperial Cult? Assessing Allen Brent's Interpretation of the Lukan Writings --- p.49 / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.49 / Chapter 2.2 --- "An Overview of Brent's Interpretation of Luke's ""Political Theology""" --- p.53 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Contra-cultural Strategy and Social Reintegration into the Host Culture --- p.53 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- The Augustan Saeculum Aureum and Luke's Delayed Parousia --- p.54 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Latent Conflicts Remain --- p.57 / Chapter 2.2.4 --- "A ""Political Theology"" Doomed to Fail: Domitian and the Fiscus Iudaicus" --- p.57 / Chapter 2.3 --- "An Evaluation of Brent's Interpretation of Luke's ""Political Theology""" --- p.58 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Lukan vs. Imperial Eschatologies --- p.58 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- """Jewish"" or Pagan Backcloth?" --- p.58 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Roman State Religion or Greek Imperial Cults? --- p.59 / Chapter 2.4 --- Conclusion --- p.61 / Chapter Chapter Three --- King Agrippa I Smitten by an Angel of the Lord: Acts 12:20-23 and the Lukan Attitude towards Emperor Worship --- p.63 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.63 / Chapter 3.2 --- Acts 12:20-23 and the Theme of Apotheosis: Reviewing Some Recent Interpretations of the Lukan Account of Agrippa I's Death --- p.67 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- "An Assessment of Martin Meiser's ""Historical Objections""" --- p.69 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Typical Death of a Tyrant as Persecutor of the Church? --- p.75 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- "Some Alleged Allusions to ""Ruler Cult Rituals""" --- p.81 / Chapter 3.2.3.1 --- "The ""Royal Clothing""" --- p.83 / Chapter 3.2.3.2 --- "The ""Appointed Day"" and Imperial Festival" --- p.85 / Chapter 3.2.3.3 --- The Divine Voice: A Neronian Allusion? --- p.90 / Chapter 3.2.4 --- "A Critique of the Ruler Cult with Its Rituals of ""Divine Filiation"" and Its ""Wrong"" Expression of Power?" --- p.96 / Chapter 3.3 --- A False and Falsely Apotheosized Royal Benefactor: Acts 12:20-23 and Emperor Worship --- p.102 / Chapter 3.4 --- Conclusion --- p.106 / Chapter Chapter Four --- An Imperial Neokoros Mocked: Acts 19:23-41 as a Domitianic or Post-Domitianic Retelling of an Ephesian Riot --- p.108 / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.108 / Chapter 4.2 --- Artemis Ephesia and the Imperial Context of the Riot: Reviewing Kreitzer's Study --- p.113 / Chapter 4.3 --- "Ephesus, a ""Double"" Neokoros City: Imperial Cult as Context of the Riot Episode" --- p.129 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- The Opening Appeal of the City Secretary --- p.129 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- """Neokoros"" as a Sacred Office" --- p.134 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- """Neokoros"" as a City Title" --- p.135 / Chapter 4.3.4 --- """Neokoros"" and the Flavian Provincial Cult of Asia" --- p.140 / Chapter 4.3.5 --- Ephesus as the Neokoros of Artemis and of the ΔioπεTηζ --- p.144 / Chapter 4.3.6 --- "Ephesian Silversmiths, the Motif of Moneymaking Religion, and the Imperial Cults" --- p.154 / Chapter 4.4 --- Conclusion --- p.158 / Conclusion --- p.160 / Works Cited --- p.165

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_324621
Date January 2004
ContributorsChan, Chi Ho., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Religious Studies.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, vi, 184 leaves ; 30 cm.
CoverageRome, Rome
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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