Acts : a commentary /
by Richard I. Pervo ; edited by Harold W. Attridge.
- Minneapolis : Fortress Press, (c)2009.
- xxxvi, 812 pages ; 25 cm.
- Hermeneia--a critical and historical commentary on the Bible .
Introduction. The earliest witnesses to Acts and its canonical history ; The text ; The date and place of composition: the author ; Language and style ; Sources ; Genre ; The unity/ies of Luke and Acts ; Structure ; General purpose ; Theology ; Bibliography and history of research -- Commentary -- Appendixes. Appendix 1. The conversion of Polemo ; Appendix 2. The "Sarapis Aretalogy" from Delos: the foundation of a cult ; Appendix 3. Political activity by a Guild ; Appendix 4. Artemidorus Oneirocritica ; Appendix 5. Endings. -- Back matter.