Author : Osvaldo Padilla
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 44,15 MB
Release : 2016-03-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0830899804
Osvaldo Padilla explores fresh avenues of understanding the book of Acts by examining the text in light of the most recent research on the book itself, philosophical hermeneutics, genre theory and historiography. This advanced introduction to the study of Acts covers important questions about authorship, genre, history, and theology and interpretation.
Author : P.D. James
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 19,60 MB
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 0857861077
Acts is the sequel to Luke's gospel and tells the story of Jesus's followers during the 30 years after his death. It describes how the 12 apostles, formerly Jesus's disciples, spread the message of Christianity throughout the Mediterranean against a background of persecution. With an introduction by P.D. James
Author : David R. Bauer
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 21,36 MB
Release : 2021-06-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1493429027
A senior New Testament scholar and teacher helps students understand the historical, literary, and theological issues of the book of Acts and introduces key concepts in the field of narrative criticism. This volume captures the message of the book of Acts by taking seriously the book's essential character as a powerful story through which Luke communicates profound theological truth. While giving attention to historical background, its purpose is to lead readers through a close reading that yields fresh insights into passages throughout Acts.
Author : Ben Witherington
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 934 pages
File Size : 43,48 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802845016
This groundbreaking commentary is the first to provide a detailed social and rhetorical analysis of the book of Acts. At the same time it gives detailed attention to major theological and historical issues.
Author : Henry J. Cadbury
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 40,52 MB
Release : 2004-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1592449158
With this book a foremost New Testament scholar makes a signal contribution to the literature about the times of the first apostles.This period, when the memory of Jesus was fresh yet no written literature about him existed, lends itself well to the descriptive treatment Dr. Cadbury employs. The purpose of these pages, he writes, is to establish not so much the accuracy of the book of Acts as the reality of the scenes and customs and mentality which it reflects.... We can walk where the Apostle Paul walked, see what he saw, and become increasingly at home in his world.Five chapters deal with each of the five cultural strands then existing: Roman, Greek, Jewish, Christian, and cosmopolitan. The sixth attempts to reconstruct the earliest history of the book of Acts.
Author : Ilan Stavans
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 19,54 MB
Release :
Category : Hispanic Americans
ISBN : 9780199913701
"An emerging field of study that explores the Hispanic minority in the United States, Latino Studies is enriched by an interdisciplinary perspective. Historians, sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists, demographers, linguists, as well as religion, ethnicity, and culture scholars, among others, bring a varied, multifaceted approach to the understanding of a people whose roots are all over the Americas and whose permanent home is north of the Rio Grande. Oxford Bibliographies in Latino Studies offers an authoritative, trustworthy, and up-to-date intellectual map to this ever-changing discipline."--Editorial page.
Author : W. Ward Gasque
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 33,85 MB
Release : 2000-07-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1579104495
An updated revision of the author's work, A History of the Criticism of the Acts of the Apostles, Gasque explores the credibility of recent interpretations of the book of Acts.
Author : Darrell L. Bock
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 880 pages
File Size : 29,30 MB
Release : 2007-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0801026687
This substantive yet highly accessible commentary leads readers through all aspects of the book of Acts--sociological, historical, and theological.
Author : J. B. Lightfoot
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,27 MB
Release : 2014-10-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830829446
Recently discovered in the Durham Cathedral Library, J. B. Lightfoot's commentary on the Acts of the Apostles is a landmark event of great significance to both church and academy. Carefully transcribed and edited, these texts give us a new appreciation for Lightfoot's contributions to biblical scholarship.
Author : Willie James Jennings
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 31,3 MB
Release : 2017-05-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 161164805X
In this new commentary for the Belief series, award-winning author and theologian Willie James Jennings explores the relevance of the book of Acts for the struggles of today. While some see Acts as the story of the founding of the Christian church, Jennings argues that it is so much more, depicting revolutionlife in the disrupting presence of the Spirit of God. According to Jennings, Acts is like Genesis, revealing a God who is moving over the land, "putting into place a holy repetition that speaks of the willingness of God to invade our every day and our every moment." He reminds us that Acts took place in a time of Empire, when the people were caught between diaspora Israel and the Empire of Rome. The spirit of God intervened, offering new life to both. Jennings shows that Acts teaches how people of faith can yield to the Spirit to overcome the divisions of our present world.
