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| List Of Abbreviations | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Recent Readings Of Wealth And Poverty In The Third Gospel And Acts | |
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| Introduction | |
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| A Popular Reading (Richard J. Cassidy) | |
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| The Ecclesiastical Reader (Hans-Joachim Degenhardt) | |
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| The Persecuted Reader (Walter Schmithals) | |
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| The Financially Secure Reader (An Emerging Consensus) | |
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| The Financially Secure God-fearer (David Peter Seccombe) | |
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| The Residential Reader (John Koenig) | |
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| Posessions as Symbolic of One's Person (Luke Timothy Johnson) | |
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| Posessions as Symbolic of Commitment to Social Structures (Kraybill and Sweetland) | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Appropriating Reader-Response Theory | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Wolfgang Iser's Literary Theory | |
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| The Text in Iser's Theory | |
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| The Reader in Iser's Theory | |
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| Interaction between Text and Reader in Iser's Theory | |
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| Further Theoretical Reflections | |
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| Who is the Reader in Iser's Theory? | |
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| Who determines what is determinate and indeterminate? | |
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| How do we talk about "meaning?" | |
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| Devising a Framework for Empirical Study | |
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| Reading The Third Gospel | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Initial Frames of Reference (Luke 1-4) | |
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| The Preface (Luke 1:1-4) | |
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| The Birth and Childhood Narratives (Luke 1:5 - 2:52) | |
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| The Ministry of John the Baptist (Luke 3:1-21) | |
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| The Beginning of Jesus' Ministry (Luke 3:22 - 4:44) | |
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| Finding and Filling Gaps (Luke 5-8) | |
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| Calling of Disciples and Apostles (Luke 5:1 - 6:16) | |
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| The Sermon on the Plain (Luke 6:17-49) | |
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| Characteristic Works and Teachings (Luke 7:1 - 8:55) | |
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| Encountering Negations (Luke 9-14) | |
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| The Mission of the Twelve (Luke 9:1-62) | |
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| The Mission of the 'Others' (Luke 10:1-42) | |
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| Greed and Discipleship (Luke 11:1 - 12:48) | |
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| Hospitality and Discipleship (Luke 13:1 - 14:35) | |
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| Bringing Closure to the Reading (Luke 15-24) | |
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| Parables (Luke 15:1 - 18:17) | |
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| Jesus and Two Rich Men (Luke 18:18 - 19:10) | |
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| Confrontation in Jerusalem (Luke 19:11 - 24:53) | |
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| Concluding Reflections | |
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| Reading The Acts Of The Apostles | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Reconnecting to Previous Frames of Reference (Acts 1:1-26) | |
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| Discovering New Gaps to Fill (Acts 2:1 - 6:7) | |
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| Pentecost and Its Aftermath (Acts 2:1-47) | |
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| Excursus: The Origin and Character of the "Community of Goods" | |
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| Life and Death in the Jerusalem Community (Acts 3:1 - 6:7) | |
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| Encountering Negations of the Jerusalem Image (Acts 6:8 - 19:41) | |
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| The Ministry of the Seven (Acts 6:8 - 8:40) | |
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| Events Leading to the Apostolic Council (Acts 9:1 - 15:35) | |
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| Paul's Post-Council Ministry (Acts 15:30 - 19:41) | |
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| Bringing Closure to the Reading (Acts 20:1 - 28:31) | |
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| Paul's Farewell (Acts 20:1 - 21:26) | |
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| Paul on Trial (Acts 21:27 - 28:31) | |
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| Concluding Reflections | |
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| The Greco-Roman Context | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Seneca | |
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| Philo of Alexandria | |
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| Clement of Alexandria | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Appendix | |
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| Peter and Paul in the Canonical and Apocryphal Acts | |
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| The Acts of Peter | |
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| The Acts of Paul | |
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| The Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles | |
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| Summary | |
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| Revisiting Peter and Paul in the Canonical Acts | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |