Phillips, Thomas E,

Acts within diverse frames of reference / [print] Thomas E. Phillips. - first edition. - Macon, Georgia : Mercer University Press, (c)2009. - 208 pages ; 23 cm.



Introduction -- Reading theory for postmodern biblical interpreters -- The genre of Acts : moving toward a consensus -- Reading recent readings of issues of wealth and poverty in Luke and Acts -- The mission of the church in Acts : inclusive or exclusive? -- Creation, sin and its curse, and the people of God : an intertextual reading of Genesis 1-12 and Acts 1-7 -- Narrative characterizations of Peter and Paul in early Christianty -- Appendix: Acts of Paul and Thecla.



9780881461657

2009041928


Bible.--Acts--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

BS2625 BS2625.P563.A287 2009