A postcolonial reading of the Acts of the Apostles

Muñoz-Larrondo, Rubén, 1959-

A postcolonial reading of the Acts of the Apostles [electronic resource] / Rubén Muñoz-Larrondo. - New York : Peter Lang, c2012. - xiv, 249 p. - Studies in biblical literature, v. 147 1089-0645 ; . - Studies in biblical literature ; v. 147. .

Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Vanderbilt University, 2008 under title: Living in two worlds : a postcolonial reading of the Acts of the Apostles.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-249).

Postcolonial criticism as an optic for biblical studies -- The death of Herod Agrippa I as starting point -- Roman imperial worship : presuppositions for the study -- Representation in Acts of the institutions of Judaism -- The Roman representation in the Acts of the Apostles.


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