Foreign but Familiar Gods: Greco-Romans Read Religion in Acts

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Where and why does Luke include references in Acts to Graeco-Roman gods and religious practices How do these explicit and implicit mentions relate to other literature, inscriptions and artifacts from the same period Through a close and informative reading of seven key texts in Acts, Kauppi analyses the appearances of Graeco-Roman religion, offering evidence of practices including divination and oracles, ruler cult and civic foundation myth. Foreign But Familiar Gods then uses a combination of these scriptural texts and other contemporary evidence (including archaeological and literary material) to suggest that one of Luke's subsidiary themes is to contrast Graeco-Roman and Christian religious conceptualizations and practices.

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Reviewed in German in Theologische Literaturzeitung 133, 2008

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Lynn Allan Kauppi is a former reference books editor and a freelance editor.