Introduction : The Insoluble Riddle. Categories 1 And 2 : Author-as-eyewitness And Source-as-eyewitness Solutions ; Categories 3 And 4 : Fictional And Conventional Eyewitness Solutions ; Problems And Possibilities ; Narrator As Narrative Character -- Stories, Storytellers, And Readers. Readers ; Stories And Storytellers ; Storytelling And Storytellers ; Characterizing The Storyteller ; Conclusions : Narrator And Narrative Levels -- The Narrator As He, Me, And We : The Use Of Grammatical Person In Antiquity. Thucydides ; Polybius ; Josephus ; Review And Results : Summary Of Findings ; Review And Results : Significance For Acts -- Paul And Barnabas : Companions On The Journey. Paul ; Barnabas ; Barnabas As Paul's Companion -- The We Character. Introduction Of The Narrator Character ; First Appearance Of The We Character (acts 16:10-17) ; Second Appearance Of The We Character (acts 20:5-21:18) ; Paul (and The Narrator?) In Jerusalem And Caesarea (acts 21:19-26:32) ; Final Appearance Of The We Character (acts 27:1-28:16) ; Summary -- Conclusion : Who Are We In Acts? : Asking The Question Differently. William Sanger Campbell. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 117-135) And Indexes.

William, Sanger Campbell

Brill

Studies in biblical literature (Society of Biblical Literature), no. 14, Atlanta, ©2007

Studies in biblical literature (Society of Biblical Literature), Leiden, ©2007

United States, United States of America

September 28, 2007

PS, 2007

Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-135) and indexes.

This book explores the narrative significance of the we passages in Acts within the boundaries of acceptable ancient grammatical practice. It contends that the occasional first-person plural narrator represents a character whose entrance at crucial moments in Paul's career parallels the role of Barnabas, the apostle's earlier companion. Although consistent with the grammatical practice of ancient writers, the use of the we style in Acts nonetheless represents a variation of those conventions because the author of Acts wrote anonymously and never claimed personal participation in the events narrated. In analyzing the function of the narrator as narrative character, the book presents narrative literary strategy as a fruitful approach to these enigmatic texts whose narrative possibilities have in the past been subordinated to their historical potential.

xii, 150 p. ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-135) and indexes

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