'Pointing the Bone': sorcery syndrome and uncanny death in acts 5:1-11

Title: 'Pointing the Bone': sorcery syndrome and uncanny death in acts 5:1-11
Creator: King, Fergus J.
Relation: Irish Biblical Studies Vol. 30, Issue 1, p. 12-34
Publisher: Union Theological College
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2012
Description: The story of Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5:1-11) has long vexed commentators, particularly because their fate appears excessively severe. This episode should be considered against the background of sorcery syndrome and uncanny death which inform the world of Luke -Acts. From this foundation the treatment of Ananias and Sapphira has the hallmarks of an episode in which the wielding of authority by a figure gifted with spiritual power leads to the uncanny deaths of the accused. As such this story raises several questions about the idealisation of the new community in Acts.
Subject: sorcery syndrome; uncanny deaths; Luke-Acts; Ananias; Sapphira
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1306786
Identifier: uon:21254
Identifier: ISSN:0268-6112
Language: eng
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