The Book of Acts: Form, Style, and Theology

Couverture
Fortress Press - 228 pages
- Provides a fresh perspective on the Book of Acts
- Editor's foreword highlights the importance of Dibelius's work
- Includes updated notes and bibliographies
- Indexes of ancient sources and authors
 

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Table des matières

Acts in the Setting of the History of Early Christian Literature
ix
The First Christian Historian THE PROLOGUE AND PLAN
xix
The Book of Acts as an Historical Source
12
Style Criticism of the Book of Acts LITERARY GENRE
17
The Speeches in Acts and Ancient Historiography PURPOSE OF THE SPEECHED
34
Paul in the Book of Acts
74
Paul on the Areopagus
80
Paul in Athens
114
The Conversion of Cornelius
125
The Text of Acts
138
1 ACTS IN THE SETTING OF THE HISTORY OF EARLY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE
146
Bibliography
189
Select Bibliography on the Book of Acts
193
Index of Authors
200
Index of Ancient Sources
204
Droits d'auteur

The Apostolic Council
119

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Page ix - But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
Page x - O Theoph'ilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the to the apostles whom he had chosen.

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