Engaging the First Christian Historian: Essays on Luke-Acts

by Daniel M. Gurtner (Editor), Chris Keith (Editor), Brian J. Tabb (Editor)

Overview

This volume assembles essays on Luke and Acts by noted scholars from North America, Europe, and Oceania. Contributors both explore the historical and social aspects of reading Luke and Acts together, while and also on the book of Acts in its historical and literary context. Two essays consider the fundamental institutions of Luke-Acts – the Temple and the Church, respectively. A final essay reflects on Acts' narrative portrayal of God, who is both spiritual and social.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780567713421
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/02/2025
Series:	The Library of New Testament Studies
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	1.11(w) x 1.11(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Daniel M. Gurtner (PhD, University of St Andrews) is Professor of New Testament at Gateway Seminary, USA. He has published a number of works on the Gospels and Second Temple Judaism, including the award-winning T&T Clark Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism (ed., with Loren T. Stuckenbruck, T&T Clark, 2019).

Chris Keith is Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Norway. He is the author of The Pericope Adulterae, the Gospel of John and the Literacy of Jesus, a winner of the 2010 John Templeton Award for Theological Promise, and Jesus' Literacy: Scribal Culture and the Teacher from Galilee. He is also the co-editor of Jesus among Friends and Enemies: A Historical and Literary Introduction to Jesus in the Gospels, and was recently named a 2012 Society of Biblical Literature Regional Scholar.

Brian J. Tabb (PhD, London School of Theology) is President and Professor of Biblical Studies at Bethlehem College and Seminary in Minneapolis, USA. He is also General Editor of Themelios.

Table of Contents

Preface
List of Contributors
Abbreviations
Introduction – Brian J. Tabb and Daniel M. Gurtner
1. After the War: Reading Luke-Acts in Josephus' Rome – Loveday Alexander, University of Sheffield, UK
2. The Structure of Luke-Acts – Craig L. Blomberg, Denver Seminary, USA
3. Sharing Possession in Luke-Acts – Fiona J. R. Gregson, Parish of Aston and Nichols, Birmingham, UK
4. Paul as Not-the-Founder of the Church at Ephesus and Luke's Historical Reliability – Paul Trebilco, University of Otago, New Zealand
5. First-Person Claims in Some Ancient Historians and Acts – Craig S. Keener, Asbury Theological Seminary, USA
6. The Long, Strange Journey from Perga to Pisidian Antioch – Ben Witherington III, Asbury Theological Seminary, USA
7. The Possible Presence and Purpose(s) of Humour in Acts – Alan J. Thompson, Sydney Missionary and Bible College, Australia
8. Luke Was There, or Was He? Reflections on Luke, Paul and the Jesus Tradition – David Wenham, Wycliffe Hall, Oxford and Trinity College, Bristol, UK
9. Temple and Temple Practices in the Acts of the Apostles - Daniel M. Gurtner, Gateway Seminary, USA
10. The Church in Acts - Helen D. Miller, Moorlands College, UK
11. The Intimate God and the Social God in the Book of Acts - Daniel Marguerat, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Bibliography
Index