Acts

Name: Acts
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ISBN: 9780801031885

ISBN-10: 0801031885

ISBN-13: 9780801031885

Edition: 2008

Authors: Mikeal Parsons, Charles Talbert

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In Acts, the third of eighteen volumes in the Paideia commentary series, leading biblical scholar Mikeal Parsons gleans fresh theological insight into Acts by attending carefully to the cultural and educational context from which it emerges. Parsons see Acts as a charter document explaining and legitimating Christian identity for a general audience of early Christians living in the ancient Mediterranean world. Pastors, graduate and seminary students, and professors will benefit from this readable commentary, as will theological libraries. The Paideia commentaries are designed to be read through and used, not shelved and referenced. The main text is supplemented with maps, sidebars, and…

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List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Baker Academic
Publication date: 12/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.650
Language: English



List of Figures


Introduction



Acts 1-7 The Sense of a Beginning


Acts 1 The Beginning of the Church


Acts 2 The Miracle and Meaning of Pentecost


Acts 3:1-4:31 The Healing of a Lame Man


Acts 4:32-5:42 Tensions Within and Without


Acts 6-7 Stephen and the Seven



Acts 8-12 Beyond Jerusalem: Philip, Saul, Peter, and Others


Acts 8 Philip: A Man on a Mission


Acts 9:1-31 Saul and Ananias: Conversion and Call


Acts 9:32-11: 18 Peter: His Words and Deeds


Acts 11:19-12:25 Barnabas, Peter, and Herod



Acts 13-19 Paul's Mission to the Gentile World


Acts 13-14 Paul's Initial Missionary Campaign


Acts 15:1-16:5 The Jerusalem Conference


Acts 16:6-17:15 Paul in Macedonia


Acts 17:16-18:17 Paul in Achaia


Acts 18:18-19:41 Paul in Ephesus



Acts 20-28 Paul's Farewell Journey


Acts 20:1-21:16 Paul's Last Journey to Jerusalem


Acts 21:17-23:35 Paul in Jerusalem


Acts 24-26 Paul before Felix, Festus, and Agrippa


Acts 27-28 The Sea Voyage to Rome


Bibliography


Subject Index


Index of Modern Authors


Index of Scripture and Ancient Writings