Review of Biblical Literature (forthcoming). Review of Craig S. Keener, Acts: An Exegetical Commentary: 3:1–14:28; vol 2 (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2013).
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Craig Keener's monumental work surely sets a new standard on Acts. His social-historical approach is unparalleled in scope and depth. My primary challenge - notwithstanding my utter admiration - concerns exegetical gaps due to separation from the Third Gospel and the lack of a more intentional literary analysis. One might consider the old adage, "forest for the trees," appropriate. To be published in forthcoming Pneuma
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This paper will examine Acts 15:16-21, 29; 21:25 and observe the evidence of variant readings therein. Out of all the literature written about problems with the text in the book of Acts, none is more extensive than that of the 'Apostolic Decree' that is found here in Acts 15:20, 29; 21:25. This passage is important in that it gives the reader insight into Luke's thought, the problems raised with the early church in how to interpret and understand the Law, as well as the primitive church's situational condition in how they treated such disputes. The main problem on text critical research of the Decree has concentrated on which form fits the context best as well as attempting to discern the origin of the variant forms. This paper will go verse by verse starting from Acts 15:16 and discuss the text critical issues ending with verse 21. The verses of Acts 15:20, 29; 21:25 will also be compared and highlighted as to their different forms from Acts 15:20 as these texts have been one of the highlights in the history of text critical issues within the book of Acts.
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The main function of Acts is to fill in the gaps created by the story behind the Letters of Paul and the Catholic Epistles. Acts describes the inner world of second-century readers and their theological convictions and should not be used to reconstruct first-century events without corroboration from independent sources.
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In: J.N. Bremmer (ed), The Apocryphal Acts of Paul (and Thecla), Kampen: Kok Pharos Publishing House, 1996, 107-125.
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"This volume provides an introduction and engagement with the major critical issues in the study of Luke-Acts. As the study of Acts has become, once again, one of the major areas of focus within New Testament scholarship, this collection of essays presents an orientation to the major issues of Luke-Acts study, while providing fresh scholarship by senior scholars. This holistic overture addresses fundamental questions such as authorship, dating, textual concerns, sources, speeches and literary form(s). Furthermore, theological topics, such as Christology, ecclesiology, pneumatology and missiology, as well as the portrayal of Paul, and the role of the Old Testament are discussed. Finally, the reception history of Acts and its influence on the development of the early “catholic” church is considered. Table of Contents (page 5) Contributors (page 7) Preface (page 11) Abbreviations (page 13) Introduction (page 17) The Author and Date of Luke-Acts: Exploring the Options by Frank Dicken (page 23) The Unity of Luke-Acts: One Work, One Author, One Purpose? by Joseph Verheyden (page 43) The Text of Luke and Acts: Witnesses, Features, and the Significance of the Textual Traditions by Dieter T. Roth (page 67) The Sources for Luke and Acts: Where Did Luke Get His Material (and Why Does it Matter)? by Brandon D. Crowe (page 89) The Genre of Luke and Acts: The State of the Question by Sean A. Adams (page 113) The Narrative of Luke-Acts: Getting to Know the Savior God by F. Scott Spencer (page 137) The Use of the Old Testament in Luke-Acts: Luke's Scriptural Story of the "Things Accomplished Among Us" by Kenneth D. Litwak (page 163) The Speeches in Acts: Historicity, Theology, and Genre by Osvaldo Padilla (page 187) The Pneumatology of Luke-Acts: The Spirit of Prophecy Unleashed by David G. Peterson (page 211) Christology in Acts: Jesus in Early Christian Belief and Practice by Larry W. Hurtado (page 233) Paul in Acts: The Prophetic Portrait of Paul by Carl N. Toney (page 255) The Patristic Reception of Luke and Acts: Scholarship, Theology, and Moral Exhortation in the Homilies of Origen and Chrysostom by Karl Shuve (page 279) Luke-Acts and "Early Catholicism": Eschatological and Ecclesiological Trajectories in the Early Church by Thomas Keene (page 303) Index of Scripture and Ancient Writings (page 327) Index of Authors (page 349) "
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