The Acts of the Apostles

by Witherington, Ben, III

• ISBN13: 9780802845016
• ISBN10: 0802845010
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-10-01
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

This groundbreaking commentary is the first to provide a detailed social and rhetorical analysis of the book of Acts. Ben Witherington draws on the best new insights from a number of disciplines to provide readers with the benefits of recent innovative ways of analyzing the text of Acts. In addition, Witherington gives detailed attention to major theological and historical issues, including the question of the relationship of Acts to the Pauline letters, the question of early Christian history and how the church grew and developed, the relationship between early Judaism and early Christianity, and the relationship between Christians and the officials of the Roman Empire.

Author Biography

Ben Witherington III is professor of New Testament interpretation at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Abbreviations of Periodicals and Other Reference Works
Bibliography
The Acts of the Apostles: An Introduction	p. 1
Prologue and Recapitulation (Acts 1:1-14)	p. 105
The Rhetoric of Replacement (Acts 1:15-26)	p. 115
Pentecost: The Medium, the Message, and the Manifestations (Acts 2:1-47)	p. 128
The Mighty Work, the Mighty Word, the Mighty Ones (Acts 3:1-4:22)	p. 164
Prayer, Possessions, Persecution, and Proclamation (Acts 4:23-8:3)	p. 199
Philip on the Fringes of Judaism (Acts 8:4-40)	p. 279
Saul as the Salient Jewish Convert (Acts 9:1-31)	p. 302
The Petrine Passages (Acts 9:32-11:18)	p. 327
The Antioch Chronicles (Acts 11:19-15:35)	p. 366
Making a Second Effort - The Second Missionary Journey (Acts 15:36-18:23)	p. 471
The Third Wave - The Last Missionary Efforts (Acts 18:24-21:16)	p. 562
The Trials of Paul (Acts 21:17-26:32)	p. 642
The Journey to Rome (Acts 27:1-28:12)	p. 754
All Roads Lead to ... (Acts 28:12-31)	p. 783
Internal Clues of the Earliness of Galatians	p. 817
Salvation and Health in Christian Antiquity: The Soteriology of Luke-Acts in Its First-Century Setting	p. 821
Index of Modern Authors	p. 844
Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Literature	p. 856
Map of Paul's Missionary Journeys	p. 875
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