The Theology of the Acts of the Apostles

This series provides a programmatic survey of the individual writings of the New Testament. It aims to remedy the deficiency of available published material, which has tended to concentrate on historical, textual, grammatical and literary issues at the expense of the theology, or to lose distinctive emphases of individual writings in systematized studies of 'The Theology of Paul' and the like. When complete, the series will cover all the New Testament writings, and will thus provide an attractive and timely range of texts around which courses can be developed.

List of contents

Editor's preface; List of abbreviations; 1. The author and his sources; 2. Purpose and historical setting; 3. The theology of Acts; 4. Acts and the New Testament; 5. Acts in the history of early Christianity; 6. The significance of Acts for today; Select bibliography; Index.

Summary

Who are the people of God? Luke's purposes in Acts are to identify the church, to establish the legitimacy of its gospel and to demonstrate that God was an active force in history. He shows that the communities of Jewish and Gentile Christians are the true heirs of God's promises to Israel.

Product details

• Authors: Jacob Jervell
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2009
• EAN: 9780521413855
• ISBN: 978-0-521-41385-5
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 222 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 341 g
• Series: New Testament Theology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works