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Rhetoric at the Boundaries: The Art and Theology of New Testament Chain-Link Transitions
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Rhetoric at the Boundaries: The Art and Theology of New Testament Chain-Link Transitions. By Bruce W. Longenecker. Waco: Baylor University Press, 2005, x + 305 pp., $39.95.
Anyone who has worked closely with the text of the NT has encountered passages in which the sequence of thought seems odd, awkward, or disjointed. Such passages lead interpreters to propose theories of compositional interpolation, scribal emendation, or authorial ineptitude. It is precisely this sort of passage that...
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The theme of Acts: Institutional history or divine necessity in history?
Journal of Biblical Literature
; Bell & Howell Information and Learning Foregin text omitted Proponents for some sort of history as the major theme of Acts are not few.1 Hubert Cancik has now provided us with a stimulating article on Acts as the history of an institution.2 His thesis seems to be that "Luke-Acts is a history
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Paul on Trial: The Book of Acts as a Defense of Christianity
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
; Paul on Trial: The Book of Acts as a Defense of Christianity. By John W. Mauck. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2001, xviii + 236 pp., $14.99 paper. John W. Mauck, a seasoned attorney, has written Paul on Trial to prove that the book of Acts is a pre-trial brief written by the "attorney" Luke to defend
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Retelling the History of the Early Church: Erasmus's Paraphrase on Acts.
Church History
; ... centurion, Erasmus reflects on how the happy news of the conversion of the Gentiles reached ... Christians in Jerusalem and Judea. The news spread because the centurion was well known ... Ben Witherington III, Editing the Good News: Some Synoptic Lessons for the Study of ...
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Witness to the Gospel: The Theology of Acts
Interpretation
; Witness to the Gospel: The Theology of Acts edited by 1. Howard Marshall and David Peterson Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, 1998. 610 pp. $45.00. ISBN 0-8028-4435-9. THIS COLLECTION of twenty-three papers is intended to supplement the well received fivevolume The Book of Acts in Its First-Century Setting
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The Message of Acts in Codex Bezae, a Comparison with the Alexandrian Tradition, Volume 2, Acts 6.1-12.25: From Judaea and Samaria to the Church in Antioch
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
; JOSEP RIUS-CAMPS and JENNY READ-HEIMERDINGER (eds The Message of Acts in Codex Bezae, a Comparison with the Alexandrian Tradition, Volume 2, Acts 6.1-12.25: From Judaea and Samaria to the Church in Antioch (Library of New Testament Studies 302; London/New York: Clark, 2006). Pp. xiv + 400. $130. In
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Acts
Interpretation
; Acts by Paul W. Walaskay Westminster Bible Companion. Westminster John Knox, Louisville, 1998. 262 pp. $22.95. ISBN 0-664-25261-3. THIS VOLUME BELONGS TO a series offered to church laity, especially church school teachers, to help them read the Bible more intelligently. It is based on the NRSV,
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Acts of Worship.(Video Recording Review)(Brief Article)
Video Business
; Acts of Worship Color, NR (mature themes, sexual situations, language, drug use), 94 min., DVD only $24.99 DVD: featurette, deleted scenes Street: March 22, Prebook: Feb. 22 First Run: L, Nov. 2003, <$1 mil. Cast: Ana Reeder (Diary of a City Priest), Michael Hyatt (Washington Heights), Nestor
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Inculturation Theology of the Jerusalem Council in Acts 15: An Inspiration for the Igbo Church Today
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
; MenCHU HILARY, Inculturation Theology of the Jerusalem Council in Acts 15: An Inspiration for the Igbo Church Today (European University Studies, series 23: Theology 520; Frankfurt am Main/Bern/New York: Lang, 1995). Pp. 423. Paper $57.95. Reverend Dr. Mbachu was professor of Scripture at the
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The Rhetoric of the Gospel: Theological Artistry in the Gospels and Acts
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
; The Rhetoric of the Gospel: Theological Artistry in the Gospels and Acts. By C. Clifton Black. St. Louis: Chalice Press, 2001, 224 pp., $22.99. C. Clifton Black has written a primer volume on a rhetorical reading of the Gospels and Acts. The book begins with a consideration of important rhetorical
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On the Road Encounters in Luke-Acts: Hellenistic Mimesis and Luke's Theology of the Way
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
; OCTAVIAN BABAN, On the Road Encounters in Luke-Acts: Hellenistic Mimesis and Luke's Theology of the Way (Paternoster Biblical Monographs; Milton Keynes: Paternoster, 2006). Pp. xviii + 332. Paper 19.99. Baban examines "three important journey stories in Luke-Acts: the Emmaus road encounter, Luke
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