Transitivity-Based Foregrounding in the Acts of the Apostles: Functional-Grammatical Approach to the Lukan Perspective

Gustavo Martin-Asensio

ISBN 10: 1841271640 / ISBN 13: 9781841271644

Published by Sheffield Academic Pr, 2001

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1st edition. 288 pages. 9.75x6.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Transitivity-Based Foregrounding in the Acts of the Apostles: Functional-Grammatical Approach to the Lukan Perspective
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Pr
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841271640
• ISBN 13: 9781841271644
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.46 kilograms

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Synopsis

This study of the language of Acts is based on M. A. K. Halliday's functional grammar, which offers a theory based on linguistic choices and the effects they have on readers or hearers. Interacting with selected interpretations from, among others, C.K. Barrett, Ben C. Witherington, Jerome Neyrey, Jacob Jervell and John Lentz, Martín-Asensio argues that transitivity ('who does what to whom') emerges as a key factor in the foregrounding scheme of Acts, and this analysis offers a linguistically based perspective on Luke's overall concern to underline the supremacy of the divine will on the stage of human affairs.

About the Authors

Gustavo Martín Asensio is an independent scholar who obtained his PhD at Surrey University, UK.

Chris Keith is Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Norway. He is the author of The Pericope Adulterae, the Gospel of John and the Literacy of Jesus, a winner of the 2010 John Templeton Award for Theological Promise, and Jesus' Literacy: Scribal Culture and the Teacher from Galilee. He is also the co-editor of Jesus among Friends and Enemies: A Historical and Literary Introduction to Jesus in the Gospels, and was recently named a 2012 Society of Biblical Literature Regional Scholar.