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The book of Acts in its ancient literary setting / edited by Bruce W. Winter and Andrew D. Clarke. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 1993. - xii, 479 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Book of Acts in its first century setting ; v. 1 .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Acts and the ancient historical monograph / D.W. Palmer -- Acts and ancient intellectual biography / L.C.A. Alexander -- Acts and biblical history / B.S. Rosner -- The motif of fulfilment and the purpose of Luke-Acts / D. Peterson -- The Acts of Paul as a sequel to Acts / R. Bauckham -- Acts and subsequent ecclesiastical histories / A. Nobbs -- Acts and the "former treatise" / I.H. Marshall -- Acts and the Pauline corpus I: ancient literary parallels / T. Hillard, A. Nobbs, B. Winter -- Acts and the Pauline corpus II: the evidence of parallels / D. Wenham -- Public speaking and published accounts / C. Gempf -- Official proceedings and the forensic speeches in Acts 24-26 / B.W. Winter -- Acts against the background of classical rhetoric / P.E. Satterthwaite -- Acts and modern literary approaches / F.S. Spencer.

ISBN: 0802824331 0853645639

LCCN: 94159659

Nat. Bib. No.: GB94-50402

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Bible.--Acts--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Bible as literature.

LC Class. No.: BS2625.2 / .B65 1993

Dewey Class. No.: 226.6 / B644ac v.1