Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der alteren Kirche ; Band 131
Print version: Weaver, John B. Plots of epiphany : prison-escape in Acts of the Apostles. Berlin : W. de Gruyter, [2004] xii, 335 pages ; 24 cm. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der alteren Kirche ; Band 131 ISBN 9783110182668
Slight revision of the author’s thesis (doctoral)--Emory University, 2004
Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-314) and indexes
Prison-escape and myth-criticism -- Epiphanic rescue from prison in ancient myth and history -- "Beginning from Jerusalem" : prison-escape and the mythopoesis of Christian origins in Acts 1-7 -- Rescue and regicide : the poetics and politics of group validation in Acts 12 -- "A door of faith opened to the Gentiles" : prison epiphany and cult foundation in Acts 16.