History Literature and Society in the Book of Acts

These Essays Use An Interdisciplinary Approach For Recent Book Of Acts Scholarship. Insights From The Social Sciences Narratological Studies Greek And Roman Rhetoric And History And Classics Set Acts In Its Original Historical Literary And Social Context. These Methods Of Interpretation Have Only Recently Been Applied To Acts In A Systematic Way. This Is A Valuable Overview Of Some Of The Chief Preoccupations Of Current Biblical Studies From Leading Scholars In Old And New Testament Studies And The History Of Antiquity.