The New Testament in Its First Century Setting
Author: Bruce W. Winter
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780802828347
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Acts: An Exegetical Commentary : Volume 2
Author: Craig S. Keener
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 2013-10-15
Total Pages: 3805
ISBN-13: 144124039X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHighly respected New Testament scholar Craig Keener is known for his meticulous and comprehensive research. This commentary on Acts, his magnum opus, may be the largest and most thoroughly documented Acts commentary available. Useful not only for the study of Acts but also early Christianity, this work sets Acts in its first-century context. In this volume, the second of four, Keener continues his detailed exegesis of Acts, utilizing an unparalleled range of ancient sources and offering a wealth of fresh insights. This magisterial commentary will be an invaluable resource for New Testament professors and students, pastors, Acts scholars, and libraries.
Acts
Author: F. Scott Spencer
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 1997-01-01
Total Pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9781850756736
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis reading offers a traveller's guide through the book of Acts, charting both narrative features (plot development, character building and shifting points of view) and cultural scenarios informing the story (honor-shame contests, patron-client relations and purity-pollution boundaries). Within this 'literary-cultural' framework, Spencer undertakes to map the temporal, spatial and social settings of each segment of the Acts journey. While often detecting internal repetitive patterns along the way as well as comparative links with the preceding Lukan gospel and Jewish scriptures, this reading also exposes certain dramatic tensions within Acts (such as a 'double message' regarding women's prophetic ministry) and distinctive moves beyond prior narratives. The element of surprise is maximized, so that the commentary reads somewhat like a first-time exploration of the text.
Acts, Part One
Author: Youngmo Cho
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2019-10-23
Total Pages: 329
ISBN-13: 1725245434
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is one of the many commentaries on the book of Acts. In other words, it does not deal with a unique topic but one that borders on banality, yet of utmost importance. Without doubt, it will suffice its role of moving one step closer to a complete understanding of the complex picture that Luke drew. This commentary has been written by two Asian scholars with different theological backgrounds and thus will provide an unprecedented perspective. This commentary pays attention to the historical background and to the narrative, theological, and rhetorical texture of the text in Acts. In particular, the periodical essays at the end of sections or chapters--"Fusing the Horizons"--reflect on what the text means for the new covenant community in terms of its theological message, application, and community and spiritual formation. This is one of the many notable characteristics of this commentary. Moreover, this is an approachable and readable commentary by anyone who is interested in Acts.
The Book of Acts in Its Graeco-Roman Setting
Author: David W. J. Gill
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 1994-05
Total Pages: 648
ISBN-13: 9780802848475
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Book of Acts in Its Graeco-Roman Setting locates the Book of Acts within various regional and cultural settings in the eastern Mediterranean. These studies draw on recent archaeological fieldwork and epigraphic discoveries to describe the key cities and provinces within the Roman Empire. The relevant societal aspects of these regions, such as the Roman legal system, Roman religion, and the problem of transport and travel, all help contextualize the book of Acts.
The Apostles after Acts
Author: Thomas E. Schmidt
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2013-07-22
Total Pages: 227
ISBN-13: 1620326175
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIf you could add a book to the Bible, what would it contain? Here is one answer to that question: a "sequel" to Acts, showing the later careers of the Twelve, Paul's final travels before he faces Nero, the commission of the four Gospels, Jerusalem and its temple destroyed, the importance of the family of Jesus, and how close the apostles got to "the ends of the earth" in spreading the gospel. The Apostles after Acts includes a commentary that explains how the text was reconstructed from ancient sources and historical research. Here is a creative approach to the little-known but critical period when the New Testament record stops--and Christianity is just beginning.
Acts: An Exegetical Commentary : Volume 3
Author: Craig S. Keener
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 2014-09-30
Total Pages: 4333
ISBN-13: 1441246339
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHighly respected New Testament scholar Craig Keener is known for his meticulous and comprehensive research. This commentary on Acts, his magnum opus, may be the largest and most thoroughly documented Acts commentary available. Useful not only for the study of Acts but also early Christianity, this work sets Acts in its first-century context. In this volume, the third of four, Keener continues his detailed exegesis of Acts, utilizing an unparalleled range of ancient sources and offering a wealth of fresh insights. This magisterial commentary will be an invaluable resource for New Testament professors and students, pastors, Acts scholars, and libraries.
Acts
Author: Darrell L. Bock
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 2007-10
Total Pages: 880
ISBN-13: 0801026687
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis substantive yet highly accessible commentary leads readers through all aspects of the book of Acts--sociological, historical, and theological.
The Scriptures of Israel in Jewish and Christian Tradition
Author: Bart Koet
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2013-03-18
Total Pages: 495
ISBN-13: 9004247726
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Scriptures of Israel in Jewish and Christian Tradition is a collection of studies in honour of Professor Maarten J.J. Menken (Tilburg/Utrecht) and illustrates the rich diversity of approaches to biblical interpretation at the beginning of the Common Era. An international team of specialists share their insights on such topics as the availability of Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek texts, Jewish and Christian hermeneutics, notions of authority and inspiration and even a study of inscriptions. Each in its own way demonstrates that the relationship between text and tradition, culture and belief is always complex.
Building Jewish in the Roman East
Author: Peter Richardson
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2005-02-01
Total Pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9047406508
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArchaeology has unearthed the glories of ancient Jewish buildings throughout the Mediterranean. But what has remained shrouded is what these buildings meant. "Building Jewish" first surveys the architecture of small rural villages in the Galilee in the early Roman period before examining the development of synagogues as "Jewish associations." Finally, "Building Jewish" explores Jerusalem's flurry of building activity under Herod the Great in the first century BCE. Richardson's careful work not only documents the culture that forms the background to any study of Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity, but he also succeeds in demonstrating how architecture itself, like a text, conveys meaning and thus directly illuminates daily life and religious thought and practice in the ancient world.
