The Acts of the Apostles /a new translation with introduction and commentary, Joseph A. Fitzmyer.

The Acts of the Apostles /a new translation with introduction and commentary, Joseph A. Fitzmyer. Society of Biblical Literature abbreviation for series: AB - first edition. - New York : Doubleday, (c)1998. - xxxi, 830 pages : maps ; 24 cm. - The Anchor Bible ; v. 31 .



Acts of the apostles: translation -- Introduction -- Tit, authorship, date, purpose of Acts -- Text of Acts -- Sources of Acts -- Use of the Old Testament in Acts -- Composition of Acts and its form-critical analysis -- Language and style of Acts -- Structure and outline of Acts -- Historical character of Acts -- The Lucan story of Paul -- General Bibliography -- Translation, commentary, and notes -- The early Christian community (1:1-26) -- The mission of testimony in Jerusalem (2:1--8:4) -- The mission of testimony in Judea and Samaria (8:5-40) -- The word is carried further: testimony even to the Gentiles (9:1--14:28) -- The Jerusalem decision about Gentile Christians (15:1-35) -- Paul's universal mission and testimony (15:36--22:21) -- Paul imprisoned for the sake of testimony to the word (22:22--28:31).



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