The first Christian historian : writing the "Acts of the Apostles" /

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Luke is considered the first historian of Christianity, but his reliability is vigorously disputed among scholars. Daniel Marguerat avoids this true/false quagmire by setting his evaluation of Luke's talent as a historian firmly within the framework of ancient historiography, the rules of ancie...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Marguerat, Daniel, 1943-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Francés
Published: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Series:Monograph series (Society for New Testament Studies) ; 121.
Subjects:
Bible. > Acts > Historiography.
Bible > New Testament. > Actes des Apôtres > Historiographie.
Bible. > Acts
Bibel > Apostelgeschichte
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > New Testament.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Jesus, the Gospels & Acts.
Historiography
Formgeschichte
Handelingen der Apostelen (bijbelboek)
Geschiedschrijving.
Historiciteit.
Teologi > Teologi.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • How Luke wrote history
  • A narrative of beginnings
  • The unity of Luke
  • Acts: the task of reading
  • A Christianity between Jerusalem and Rome
  • The God of Acts
  • The work of the Spirit
  • Jews and Christians in conflict
  • Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5.1-11): the original sin
  • Saul's conversion (Acts 9; 22; 26)
  • The enigma of the end of Acts (28.16-31)
  • Travels and travellers
  • Bibliography
  • Index of passages.

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