The Acts of the Apostles

The Acts of the Apostles

Author: P.D. James

Publisher: Canongate Books

Published: 1999-01-01

Total Pages: 93

ISBN-13: 0857861077

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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


Acts

Acts

Author: N.T. Wright

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2011-08-30

Total Pages: 133

ISBN-13: 0830869158

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With a scholar's mind and a pastor's heart, N. T. Wright guides us through the New Testament book of Acts, moving us from the world in which it was lived into the world in which we must live it again. Twenty-four sessions for group or personal study.


Knowable Word

Knowable Word

Author: Peter Krol

Publisher:

Published: 2022-05-26

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 9781949253337

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Knowable Word offers a foundation on why and how to study the Bible. Through a running study Genesis 1, this new edition illustrates how to Observe, Interpret, and Apply the Scripture-and gives the vision behind each step.


Paul and the Heritage of Israel

Paul and the Heritage of Israel

Author: David P. Moessner

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2012-03-29

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 056729398X

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As a sequel to the hugely successful Jesus and the Heritage of Israel, this book brings together fourteen internationally acclaimed scholars in antiquities studies and experts on Paul and Luke. The contributors provoke new approaches to the troubled relation of the Lukan Paul by re-configuring the figure and impact of Paul upon nascent Christianity, with the two leading questions as a driving force. First, 'Who is "Israel" and the "church" for Luke and Luke's Paul' and secondly 'Who is Jesus of Nazareth and who is Paul in relation to both?' The contributors provide challenging new perspectives on approaches to the figure of Paul in recent scholarship as well as in the scholarship of previous generations, 're-figuring' Paul by examining both how he is portrayed in Acts, and how the Pauline figure of Acts may be envisioned within Paul's own writings. Paul and the Heritage of Israel thus accomplishes what no other single volume has done: combining both the 'Paul of Paul' and the 'Paul of Luke' in one seminal volume.


Literary Studies in Luke-Acts

Literary Studies in Luke-Acts

Author: Joseph B. Tyson

Publisher: Mercer University Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 9780865545632

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Literary Studies in Luke-Acts is a collection of essays by a group of distinguished biblical scholars who use literary-ciritcal analyses in the study of Luke-Acts. The variety of literary-critical approaches to Luke-Acts, as compiled uniquely in this volume, provides a needed resource by presenting methodological options for approaching biblical narrative texts with literary questions and considerations. Contributors include: Arthur Bellinzoni, C. Clifton Black, Darrell L. Bock, John A. Darr, William Farmer, Mikeal Parsons, Vernon Robbins, Jack Sanders, Charles Talbert, Robert Tannehill, and Victor Paul Furnish.


Community and Gospel in Luke-Acts

Community and Gospel in Luke-Acts

Author: Philip Francis Esler

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1989-11-24

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 9780521388733

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In this widely-acclaimed study, Dr Esler makes extensive use of sociology and anthropology to examine the author of Luke Acts' theology as a response to social and political pressures upon the Christian community for whom he was writing. As well as interesting those concerned with recent developments in New Testament scholarship, Esler's book offers a New Testament paradigm for those interested in generating a theology attuned to the social and political realities affecting contemporary Christian congregations.


Witness to the Gospel

Witness to the Gospel

Author: I. Howard Marshall

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 638

ISBN-13: 9780802844354

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A distinguished group of scholars here provides a comprehensive survey of the theology of the early church as it is presented by the author of Acts. The twenty-five articles show the current state of scholarship and the main themes of theology in Acts.