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Journeying Through Acts

A Literary-Cultural Reading

by F Scott Spencer

  • Paperback
  • 278 pages
  • Publisher: Baker Book House USA
  • 15.4 x 22.7 x 1.8 cm

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For students and pastors seeking deeper insights.

Journeying Through Acts clarifies complex narratives.

You will understand Acts and grow in your faith.

Journeying Through Acts is your friendly guide to understanding the exciting story of the early Christian church and its journey from Jerusalem to Rome.

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Journeying through Acts explores the literary and cultural aspects of Acts and offers a fresh reading of this dramatic volume. Acts is unique in the New Testament canon in part because it is not a gospel or a Pauline letter. It presents a dynamic story of the spread of the Christian gospel from Jerusalem to Rome. The gospel was propelled by the earliest followers of the risen and ascended Jesus, empowered by the Holy Spirit, who is arguably the chief protagonist in the narrative. Spencer's reading offers a traveler's guide through the book of Acts. He charts narrative features--plot development, character building, and shifting points of view--and explores cultural scenarios that affect the events in Acts--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. Journeying through Acts offers students, pastors, scholars, and lay readers a satisfying--although by no means exhaustive--understanding of the overall narrative of Acts in light of recent academic scholarship.
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Interpreting Biblical Texts - The Gospel of Luke and Acts of the ApostlesJourneying Through Acts

  • Title

    Journeying Through Acts

  • Author

    F Scott Spencer

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    Baker Book House USA

  • Published

    December 2004

  • Weight

    459g

  • Page Count

    278

  • Dimensions

    15.4 x 22.7 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9780801047763

  • ISBN-10

    0801047765

  • Eden Code

    3963139

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