Reading Acts

The book of Acts tells the story of what happened after the death and resurrection of Jesus. The book is filled with adventure and entertainment as Acts narrates God's activity among his people and the world. In this book I explore one way of reading Acts that attends closely to the plotline of the book and seek to invite readers into the story that Acts tells. Along the way, I examine some of the most important themes of Acts, including divine activity, the extension of the gospel to surprising people in surprising ways, conflict and congruence between the gospel and the broader world, and the ongoing importance of Israel as God's people. While there are many excellent reasons to read Acts, I reflect too upon the theological and ethical vision of Acts for those who read this book as Christian Scripture.

About the author

Joshua Jipp is Associate Professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He is the author of Saved by Faith and Hospitality (2017), Christ is King: Paul's Royal Ideology (2015), and Divine Visitations and Hospitality to Strangers in Luke-Acts (2013).

Product details

• Authors: Joshua W. Jipp
• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.10.2018
• EAN: 9781498293044
• ISBN: 978-1-4982-9304-4
• No. of pages: 170
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 209 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 281 g
• Series: Cascade Companions
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity