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Acts, Second Edition

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Pickwick Publications
  • 17 x 24.5 x 3.9 cm

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This second edition of Stevens's presentation of Acts adds an extensive study of church traditions on Paul's death and burial. Uncovering of the sarcophagus in the Church of Saint Paul Outside the Walls yielded carbon 14 dated first- or second-century bones. In his characteristically creative way, Stevens offers an insightful proposal on why church traditions on Paul post Acts are so ambiguous and probably always will be, even with this new find. Stevens's close study of the Acts narrative analyzes Luke's post-ascension story of Jesus and challenges orthodoxies in the interpretation of Acts and Paul. Luke was the first to envision the future of the Jesus story in the Hellenist movement as this movement realizes the promise of Pentecost in Israel, preeminently epitomized in the mission of Paul, who is Luke's premier example of the God active, God resisted theme of the speech of Stephen that drives the plot of Acts and illuminates exegesis of Paul's insistence on going to Jerusalem with its dramatic conclusion in the shipwreck of Paul. Luke ends Acts in Rome as intended--an impressive, compelling, and thoroughly fresh reading of Acts.
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  • Title

    Acts, Second Edition

  • Author

    Gerald L. Stevens

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Pickwick Publications

  • Published

    August 2019

  • Weight

    1303g

  • Dimensions

    17 x 24.5 x 3.9 cm

  • ISBN

    9781532693557

  • ISBN-10

    1532693559

  • Eden Code

    5092387