The Book of Acts in Its Ancient Literary Setting

by Andrew D. Clarke, Bruce W. Winter

Overview

The Book of Acts in Its Ancient Literary Setting includes fourteen chapters devoted to the literary framework that undergirds the Book of Acts. Topics include the text as historical monograph, ancient rhetoric and speeches, the Pauline corpus, biblical history, subsequent ecclesiastical histories, and modern literary method. All of these chapters arise out of a consultation by the project's scholars at Cambridge in March 1993.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802824332
Publisher:	Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Publication date:	11/28/1993
Series:	Book of Acts in Its First Century Setting Series
Pages:	492
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.10(d)

Table of Contents

	Preface	ix
1	Acts And The Ancient Historical Monograph	1
2	Acts And Ancient Intellectual Biography	31
3	Acts And Biblical History	65
4	The Motif Of Fulfilment And The Purpose of Luke-Acts	83
5	The Acts Of Paul As A Sequel To Acts	105
6	Acts And Subsequent Ecclesiastical Histories	153
7	Acts And The 'Former Treatise'	163
8	Acts And The Pauline Corpus I: Ancient Literary Parallels	183
9	Acts And The Pauline Corpus II. The Evidence Of Parallels	215
10	Public Speaking And Published Accounts	259
11	Official Proceedings And The Forensic Speeches In Acts 24-26	305
12	Acts Against The Background Of Classical Rhetoric	337
13	Acts And Modern Literary Approaches	381
Appendix	Acts And The Problem Of Its Texts	415
	Indexes
	Biblical References	445
	Ancient Authors	457
	Modern Authors	466
	Subjects	474

Editorial Reviews

Edwin A. Judge
"The Book of Acts in Its Ancient Literary Setting offers a number of quite fresh approaches to Acts. . . A dozen different genres or types of document are explored here, resulting in a rich mix of options. Acts emerges from its isolation into a world of contemporary rhetoric and recording. This work lifts the study of Acts onto a new, much ore contextual plane. . . A most attractive entrée to a promising series."

Martin Hengel
"An important contribution to a new and better understanding of Luke's Acts in its true literary and historical context. This work is coming at just the right time, when a change in the older pseudo-critical but (in reality) unhistorical assessment of Luke is becoming visible. It shows that Luke is a real Hellenistic historian writing a monograph about the history of a new messianic Jewish sect called 'Christians'. This group of highly qualified authors gives a convincing overview from quite different perspectives, helping us to do more justice to Luke and to better understand this fascinating early Christian author."

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