The Book of Acts in Its First Century Setting, Volume 1: The Book of Acts in Its Ancient Literary Setting
Overview
The Book of Acts in Its First Century Setting, vol. 1: Ancient Literary Setting includes 14 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.
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Top Highlights
“the term ‘monograph’ may be used to designate ancient historical writings limited in length as well as scope” (Page 4)
“But the larger parallel between the content of scientific treatises and Luke-Acts is not so compelling after all.” (Page 26)
“In these ways, then, Luke arranges the proportions of his narrative so as to underscore his theological themes” (Page 352)
“Christians as law-abiding citizens who will not threaten the political stability of the Roman Empire.” (Page 347)
“The history of an incipient religious movement is an unprecedented subject for an ancient monograph.” (Page 29)
- Title: The Book of Acts in Its First Century Setting, Volume 1: The Book of Acts in Its Ancient Literary Setting
- Authors: Andrew D. Clarke, Bruce W. Winter
- Series: The Book of Acts in Its First Century Setting
- Publishers: Eerdmans, Paternoster
- Print Publication Date: 1993
- Logos Release Date: 2014
- Pages: 491
- Era: era:Contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible. N.T. Acts › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible as literature
- ISBNs: 9780802824332, 0802824331
- Resource ID: LLS:BKCTSLTRSTTNG01
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T22:14:29Z
Bruce Winter is the director of the Institute of Early Christianity in the Graeco-Roman World, a fellow of St. Edmund’s College, and a member of the divinity faculty at the University of Cambridge. He was recently elected a senior research fellow in the department of ancient history at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
Andrew D. Clarke is senior lecturer in New Testament at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland.