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The afterlife imagery in Luke's story of the rich man and Lazarus [electronic resource] / by Outi Lehtipuu.

By: Lehtipuu, Outi.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Supplements to Novum Testamentum: v. 123.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007Description: xii, 361 p. ; 25 cm.Subject(s): Bible. Luke XVI, 19-31 -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Rich man and Lazarus (Parable) -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Future life -- Biblical teachingGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 226.8/06 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Problem -- Previous research and its evaluation -- Purpose of this study -- Preliminary remarks: from fixed parallels to intertextuality -- Differentiated fates in Greco-Roman sources -- Differentiated fates: only an elite view? -- Differentiated fates in Jewish sources -- Preliminary remarks: the function of the afterlife scene -- Structural themes of the story -- Details of the description -- Preliminary remarks: a consistent eschatological scheme? -- Rich man and Lazarus and Luke's eschatology -- Fate of the individual after death --
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Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Helsinki, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-329) and indexes.

Part I: Introduction -- Problem -- Previous research and its evaluation -- Purpose of this study -- Part II: Dividing the dead: the Hellenistic matrix -- Preliminary remarks: from fixed parallels to intertextuality -- Differentiated fates in Greco-Roman sources -- Differentiated fates: only an elite view? -- Differentiated fates in Jewish sources -- Summary of part two -- Part III: Luke's description of the hereafter in context -- Preliminary remarks: the function of the afterlife scene -- Structural themes of the story -- Details of the description -- Summary of part three -- Part IV: Afterlife imagery in Luke-Acts -- Preliminary remarks: a consistent eschatological scheme? -- Rich man and Lazarus and Luke's eschatology -- Fate of the individual after death -- Summary of part four -- Conclusions.

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