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Book SynopsisSteve Walton is Senior Lecturer in Greek and New Testament Studies, and Director of Research at London School of Theology, UK
Lloyd Keith Pietersen received his Ph.D. from the Department of Biblical Studies, University of Sheffield.
F. Scott Spencer is Professor of New Testament at Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, Virginia and is the author of The Portrait of Philip in Acts: A Study of Roles and Relations and Acts. He is the Chair of the New Testament section for the Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion.ission for the Study of Religion.
Thomas E. Phillips is Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Studies at Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, USA
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Table of ContentsAbbreviations List of Plates and Illustrations List of Contributors Preface
Steve Walton, Thomas E. Phillips, Lloyd K. Pietersen and F. Scott Spencer Introduction
Lloyd K. Pietersen Reading Acts in its Ancient Contexts The Genre of Acts—Revisited R
ichard A. Burridge Why Did Mary Wrap the Newborn Jesus in 'Swaddling Clothes'? Luke 2.7 and 2.12 in the Context of Luke-Acts and First-Century Literature
Thomas E. Phillips Luke's Use of Papias for Narrating the Death of Judas
Dennis R. MacDonald Scared to Death: The Rhetoric of Fear in the 'Tragedy' of Ananias and Sapphira
F. Scott Spencer Does the Road to Damascus Run through the Letters of Paul?
R. Barry Matlock Reading Themes in Acts Luke-Acts, or Luke and Acts? A Reaffirmation of Narrative Unity
Joel B. Green Luke's Jerusalem Perspective
James D. G. Dunn Philological and Performative Perspectives on Pentecost
Heidi J. Hornik & Mikeal C. Parsons The Place of Acts 20.28 in Luke's Theology of the Cross
I. Howard Marshall The Resurrection and its Witnesses in the Book of Acts
Daniel Marguerat A Spirituality of Acts?
Steve Walton Bibliography Index of Ancient Sources Index of Names Index of Subjects
