Ancient Biography, Social Actions and Canonical Gospels

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11280%2F24%3A10496209" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11280/24:10496209 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=YiDaJJPrh0" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=YiDaJJPrh0</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5507/sth.2024.002" target="_blank" >10.5507/sth.2024.002</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Ancient Biography, Social Actions and Canonical Gospels

Original language description

The study serves two main purposes. First, it aims to provide a definition of ancient biography that can account for the genre&apos;s diversity without viewing this diversity as problematic. Second, the study seeks to introduce the canonical gospels, describe their shared and distinct features to ancient biography and emphasise the implications of this approach for the interpretation of the gospels, which are frequently overlooked in contemporary research. As I point out, the first goal can be achieved by distinguishing between primary characteristics (an explicit focus on the life of a single protagonist and the intention to provide their life as a model for imitation) and secondary characteristics (historicity, paratexts, structure, length of life, and used material). These secondary characteristics may vary, but they presume the presence of the so -called primary characteristics. Furthermore, I argue that the canonical gospels have all of the primary characteristics of ancient biography, a conclusion supported by many contemporary scholars. I point to a fundamental aspect in which the Gospels differ from other Greco -Roman biographies, namely the construction of the reliability of the text and the different self -understanding of the authors who considered themselves - as I have argued - inspired.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60303 - Theology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Studia Theologica

ISSN

1212-8570

e-ISSN

2570-9798

Volume of the periodical

26

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

22

Pages from-to

1-22

UT code for WoS article

001273003800001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85198564708