The Book of Acts as Church History: Text, Textual Traditions and Ancient Interpretations. Apostelgeschichte als Kirchengeschichte: Text, Texttraditionen und antike Auslegungen

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TOBIAS NICKLAS and MICHAEL TILLY (eds.), The Book of Acts as Church History: Text, Textual Traditions and Ancient Interpretations. Apostelgeschichte als Kirchengeschichte: Text, Texttraditionen und antike Auslegungen (BZNW 120; Berlin/New York: de Gruyter, 2003). Pp. x + 424. euro98.

The complicated textual history of Acts has long been an inconvenience that Lucan scholars have collectively chosen to ignore. This worthy volume presents that history in all of its discerning complexity. In this collection of essays, NT textual critics are working on their most challenging-and yet most ...

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