Lydia as a Rhetorical Construct in Acts

includes index and biblioraphy

1. History of Interpretation ......9 History of Interpretation of the Lydia Passage .....9 Conclusion :History of Interpretation ......30 2. Method ........33 Choice of sociorhetorical interpretation to address the role of Lydia in Acts 16.............33 3 Inner textual analysis...............65 Repetitive texture and pattern .............67 Progressive texture and pattern................71 Rhetorical boundaries texture and pattern ..............76 Narrational and sensory - Aesthetic texture and pattern ......80 4. Intertextual Analysis...............115 Lydia: Topoi of Lydian physiognomy......117 Paul`s vision of the macedonian man: Military topoi....162 Social Power in Roman Philippi..........179 Topoi of Prison........188 5. Ideological Texture ............201