History, Literature, and Society in the Book of Acts

History Literature and Society in the Book of Acts / Ben Witherington, III......Page 1
Contents......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
PART I. Issues of genre and historical method......Page 22
CHAPTER 1. In the shadow of Thucydides / W. J . McCoy......Page 24
CHAPTER 2. How history should be written / C. K. Barrett......Page 54
CHAPTER 3. The Acts of the Apostles: monograph or "bios"? / Charles H. Talbert......Page 79
CHAPTER 4. The preface to Acts and the historians / Loveday C. A. Alexander......Page 94
CHAPTER 5. The future of the past: Luke's vision o fsalvation history and its bearing on his writing of history / Jacob Jewell......Page 125
PART II. Historical and theological difficulties in Acts......Page 148
CHAPTER 6. Acts 6.1—8.4: division or diversity? / Craig C. Hill......Page 150
CHAPTER 7. James and the Gentiles (Acts 15. 13-21) Richard Bauckham......Page 175
CHAPTER 8. Kerygmatic summaries in the speeches of Acts / Richard Bauckham......Page 206
CHAPTER 9. The "script" of the Scriptures in Acts: suffering as God's "plan" (βουλη) for the world for the "release of sins" / David P. Moessner......Page 239
CHAPTER 10. Luke's social location of Paul: cultural anthropology and the status of Paul in Acts / Jerome H. Neyrey......Page 272
PART III. Issues of literary criticism......Page 302
CHAPTER 11. Internal repetition in Luke—Acts: contemporary narratology and Lucan historiography / Joel B. Green......Page 304
CHAPTER 12. Luke's characterizing use of the Old Testament in the Book of Acts / Bill T. Arnold......Page 321
CHAPTER 13. Editing the Good News: some synoptic lessons for the study of Acts / Ben Witherington, III......Page 345
CHAPTER 14. The means of absent ends / William F. Brosend, II......Page 369
Index of biblical references......Page 384