Speeches of Outsiders in Acts - Poetics, Theology and Historiography

Informationen zum Autor Osvaldo Padilla is Professor of Divinity at Beeson Divinity School, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. He is the author of The Acts of the Apostles, The Speeches of Outsiders in Acts and numerous articles and reviews. Klappentext Concentrates on the direct speeches of outsiders in Acts! and provides an insightful approach to Luke's theology and historiography. Zusammenfassung How does Luke's portrait of the outsider help in exploring the theology and historiography of Acts? Osvaldo Padilla takes an intriguing approach by concentrating on the direct speeches of outsiders! and provides an insightful analysis that will prove invaluable to scholars and students of biblical and early Christian studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. The current state of research on the speeches of Acts; 2. The speeches of outsiders in selected biblical and Second Temple narrative; 3. The Gamaliel speech; 4. The speech of Gallio; 5. The speeches of Demetrius and the Ephesian town clerk; 6. The speeches of Claudius Lysias, Tertullus, and Festus; Conclusions.

Product details

• Authors: Osvaldo Padilla, Osvaldo (Samford University Padilla
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.10.2008
• EAN: 9780521899819
• ISBN: 978-0-521-89981-9
• No. of pages: 284
• Series: Society for New Testament Stud
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity