First Christian Historian - Writing the ''Acts of the Apostles''

List of contents

1. How Luke wrote history; 2. A narrative of beginnings; 3. The unity of Luke-Acts: the task of reading; 4. A Christianity between Jerusalem and Rome; 5. The God of Acts; 6. The work of the spirit; 7. Jews and Christians in conflict; 8. Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5.1-11): the original sin; 9. Saul's conversion (Acts 9-22-26); 10. The enigma of the end of Acts (26.16-31); 11. Travels and travelers.

About the author

DANIEL MARGUERAT is Professor of New Testament Studies at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

Summary

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 ancient historians and narrative criticism.

Product details

• Authors: Marguerat Daniel, Daniel Marguerat, Daniel (Universite De Lausanne Marguerat
• Assisted by: John Court (Editor), Gregory J. Laughery (Translation), Ken McKinney (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.09.2002
• EAN: 9780521816502
• ISBN: 978-0-521-81650-2
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Society for New Testament Stud; Society for New Testament Stud
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity