History, Literature, and Society in the Book of Acts

Abstract

Preface Part I. Issues of Genre and Historical Method: 1. In the shadow of Thucydides W. J. McCoy 2. How history should be written C. K. Barrett 3. The Acts of the Apostles: monograph or bios? Charles H. Talbert 4. The preface to Acts and the historians Loveday C. A. Alexander 5. The future of the past: Luke's vision of salvation history and its bearing on his writing of history Jacob Jervell Part II. Historical and Theological Difficulties in Acts: 6. Acts 6.1-8.4: division or diversity? Craig C. Hill 7. James and the Gentiles (Acts 15.13-21) Richard Bauckham 8. Kerygmatic summaries in the speeches of Acts Richard Bauckham 9. The 'script' of the Scriptures in Acts: suffering as God's 'plan' for the world for the 'release of sins' David P. Moessner 10. Luke's social location of Paul: cultural anthropology and the status of Paul in Acts Jerome H. Neyrey Part III. Issues of Literary Criticism: 11. Internal repetition in Luke-Acts: contemporary narratology and Lukan historiography Joel B. Green 12. Luke's characterising use of the Old Testament in the Book of Acts Bill T. Arnold 13. Editing the Good News: some synoptic lessons for the study of Acts Ben Witherington, III 14. The means of absent ends Wm. F. Brosend, II Index of biblical references.