Acts of the Apostles (Wisdom Commentary | WC)
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
The Acts of the Apostles, the earliest work of its kind to have survived from Christian antiquity, is not “history” in the modern sense, nor is it about what we call “the church.” Written at least half a century after the time it describes, it is a portrait of the Movement of Jesus’ followers as it developed between 30 and 70 CE. More important, it is a depiction of the Movement of what Jesus wanted: the inbreaking of the reign of God. In this commentary, Linda Maloney, Ivoni Richter Reimer, and a host of other contributing voices look at what the text does and does not say about the roles of the original members of the Movement in bringing it toward fruition, with a special focus on those marginalized by society, many of them women. The author of Acts wrote for followers of Jesus in the second century and beyond, contending against those who wanted to break from the community of Israel and offering hope against hope, like Israel’s prophets before him.
- Describes a portrait of the Movement of Jesus’ followers
- Looks at what the text does of the original members of the Movement.
- Explores what the author wrote for followers of Jesus in the second century and beyond.
Linda Maloney writes on Acts with energy, accessibility, and a wonderfully wide horizon for the scholarship of the past and of the twenty-first century. She asks: 'What if it did not happen as we thought it did?' Then she brings conventional, feminist, post-colonial, queer, and Jewish perspectives to a lively, contemporary reading of Acts.
--The Reverend Dr. Elizabeth J Smith AM, Mission Priest, Anglican Parish of The Goldfields, Diocese of Perth, Australia
This commentary is commendable for several reasons. It is rigorous and detailed in historical-critical method but also sensitive to other interpretive orientations. It presents the materials in ways that are very responsible ethically, theologically, and historically.
--Dr. Ronald Charles, Associate Professor, Department for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto, Canada
The Wisdom Commentary on Acts is a readable reference work that models collaborative and liberative interpretation making an important contribution to the work Luke himself undertook: crafting a Christian history that is expansive, inclusive, and hopeful.
--The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
- Title: Wisdom Commentary: Acts of the Apostles
- Authors: Linda M. Maloney, Ivoni Richter Reimer
- Series: Wisdom Commentary
- Publisher: Liturgical Press
- Print Publication Date: 2022
- Pages: 472
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- ISBN: 9780814881695
- Resource ID: LLS:WISDOMCOMM65AC
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-06T18:22:29Z