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The First Christian Historian: Writing the 'Acts of the Apostles' (Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series)

By Daniel Marguerat

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2002
ISBN
0521816505, 9780521816502
LCC
BS2625.6.H55 M2713 2002
Open Library ID
OL3558457M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2463766 bytes)
Pages
317\317
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Luke's Acts of the Apostles is the only documentation available on the birth of Christianity, despite the author's vigorously disputed reliability as a historian. Daniel Marguerat avoids this true/false quagmire by establishing his evaluation of Luke's talent as an historian within the framework of ancient historiography (the rules of ancient historians and narrative criticism). His study portrays Luke as a skillful and sound theologian, and provides an original approach to the classic themes of Lucan theology.

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