The Acts of the Apostles : a socio-rhetorical commentary /

Witherington, Ben, 1951-,

The Acts of the Apostles : a socio-rhetorical commentary / Ben Witherington III. - Carlisle, U.K. : Paternoster Press, (c)1998. Grand Rapids, Michigan : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. ; 1998. - xlviii, 874 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.



The Acts of the Apostles : an introduction. Acts and the question of genre -- Luke-Acts and rhetoric -- Acts : authorship, date, and audience -- The text of Acts -- The structure, theology, and purposes of Luke-Acts -- Acts chronology -- Pauline chronology : the Galatian data -- Acts and hermeneutics -- The commentary. Prologue and recapitulation (Acts 1:1-14) -- The rhetoric of replacement (Acts 1:15-26) -- Pentecost : the medium, the message, and the manifestations (Acts 2:1-47) -- The mighty work, the mighy Word, the mighty ones (Acts 3:1-4:22) -- Prayer, possessions, persecution, and proclamation (Acts 4:23-8:3) -- Philip on the fringes of Judaism (Acts 8:4-40) -- Saul as the salient Jewish convert (Acts 9:1-31) -- The Petrine passages (Acts 9:32-11:18) -- The Antioch chronicles (Acts 11:19-15:35) -- Making a second effort : the second missionary journey (Acts 15:36-18:23) -- The third wave : the last missionary efforts (Acts 18:24-21:16) -- The trials of Paul (Acts 21:17-26:32) -- The journey to Rome (Acts 27:1-28:12) -- All roads lead to ... (Acts 28:12-31) -- Appendix 1 : Internal clues of the earliness of Galatians -- Appendix 2 : Salvation and health in Christian antiquity : the soteriology of Luke-Acts in its first-century setting -- Map of Paul's missionary journeys.



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Bible.--Acts--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible.--Acts--Socio-rhetorical criticism.

BS2625 / .A287 1998