History, Literature, and Society in the Book of Acts
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- Editor: Ben Witherington, III, Asbury Theological Seminary, Kentucky
- Date Published: December 2007
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- isbn: 9780521046282
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These seminal essays introduce the reader to the interdisciplinary approach of New Testament scholarship which is affecting the way the Book of Acts is studied and interpreted. Insights from the social sciences, narratological studies, Greek and Roman rhetoric and history, and classics, set the Acts of the Apostles in its original historical, literary and social context; these methods of interpretation have not always been applied to biblical study in a systematic way. The discussions from a shared general perspective range over genre and method, historical and theological problems, and issues of literary criticism. History, Literature and Society in the Book of Acts is an interesting and valuable overview of some of the chief preoccupations of biblical studies with contributions from leading scholars in the Old and New Testaments and the history of antiquity.
Read more- Interdisciplinary approach to the study of the Book of Acts
- Draws on methods of interpretation only recently applied to Acts in a systematic way
- Surveys scholarship and methodological trends in the study of Acts
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- Date Published: December 2007
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521046282
- length: 396 pages
- dimensions: 215 x 140 x 21 mm
- weight: 0.524kg
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Table of Contents
Preface
Part I. Issues of Genre and Historical Method:
1. In the shadow of Thucydides W. J. McCoy
2. How history should be written C. K. Barrett
3. The Acts of the Apostles: monograph or bios? Charles H. Talbert
4. The preface to Acts and the historians Loveday C. A. Alexander
5. The future of the past: Luke's vision of salvation history and its bearing on his writing of history Jacob Jervell
Part II. Historical and Theological Difficulties in Acts:
6. Acts 6.1–8.4: division or diversity? Craig C. Hill
7. James and the Gentiles (Acts 15.13–21) Richard Bauckham
8. Kerygmatic summaries in the speeches of Acts Richard Bauckham
9. The 'script' of the Scriptures in Acts: suffering as God's 'plan' for the world for the 'release of sins' David P. Moessner
10. Luke's social location of Paul: cultural anthropology and the status of Paul in Acts Jerome H. Neyrey
Part III. Issues of Literary Criticism:
11. Internal repetition in Luke-Acts: contemporary narratology and Lukan historiography Joel B. Green
12. Luke's characterising use of the Old Testament in the Book of Acts Bill T. Arnold
13. Editing the Good News: some synoptic lessons for the study of Acts Ben Witherington, III
14. The means of absent ends Wm. F. Brosend, II
Index of biblical references.
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