The Exorcism Stories in Luke-Acts A Sociostylistic Reading [Paperback]

This 2004 book situates the Lukan exorcism stories within the cultural contexts of both Judaism and popular belief.Up to now, the distinctively Lukan version of the exorcism stories has attracted little interest from scholars in New Testament studies. This is the first book in English to situate them within their ancient cultural context, including popular belief as well as official religion. Todd Klutz uses close linguistic analysis to shed new light on the Jewishness of the text as well as on the understanding of exorcism within the hellenized Jewish religious world.Up to now, the distinctively Lukan version of the exorcism stories has attracted little interest from scholars in New Testament studies. This is the first book in English to situate them within their ancient cultural context, including popular belief as well as official religion. Todd Klutz uses close linguistic analysis to shed new light on the Jewishness of the text as well as on the understanding of exorcism within the hellenized Jewish religious world.The distinctively Lukan version of the exorcism stories has attracted little interest from scholars in New Testament studies until recently. Setting the stories within their ancient cultural context, Todd Klutz uses linguistic analysis to cover popular beliefs as well as official religion. He sheds new light on the Jewishness of the text, and on the understanding of exorcism within the Hellenized Jewish religious world.Introduction; 1. Sociostylistics and the exorcism in Luke 4:3337; 2. Purity and the exorcism in Luke 8:2639; 3. Discipleship and the exorcism in Luke 9:3743a; 4. Paul, Jewish identity, and the exorcism in Acts 16:1618; Conclusion. Klutz displays an extensive expertise in contextual issues relating to exorcism, magic and shamanism...As well as becoming a standard scholarly text on the analysis of biblical exorcism narratives, this book should become an important input to debate about Luke-Acts in general. Peter Oakes, JSNT BoolÃ