Book contents
- The Genre of Acts and Collected Biography
- Monograph Series
- The Genre of Acts and Collected Biography
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Modern and Ancient Genre Theory
- 3 Ancient Individual and Collected Biographies
- 4 Acts as Collected Biography
- 5 Characterisation in Acts
- 6 Peter, Paul and the Ending of Acts
- 7 Conclusion
- Appendix 1 Literarytopoiin ancient Greek biographies
- Appendix 2 References to biographical works in Diogenes Laertius’The Lives of Eminent Philosophers
- Appendix 3 Divisions in collected biographies
- Bibliography
- Index of biblical passages
- Index of ancient passages
- Index of modern authors
- Index of subjects
3 - Ancient Individual and Collected Biographies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2013
- The Genre of Acts and Collected Biography
- Monograph Series
- The Genre of Acts and Collected Biography
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Modern and Ancient Genre Theory
- 3 Ancient Individual and Collected Biographies
- 4 Acts as Collected Biography
- 5 Characterisation in Acts
- 6 Peter, Paul and the Ending of Acts
- 7 Conclusion
- Appendix 1 Literarytopoiin ancient Greek biographies
- Appendix 2 References to biographical works in Diogenes Laertius’The Lives of Eminent Philosophers
- Appendix 3 Divisions in collected biographies
- Bibliography
- Index of biblical passages
- Index of ancient passages
- Index of modern authors
- Index of subjects
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- The Genre of Acts and Collected Biography , pp. 68 - 115Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013