The Acts of the Apostles (Anchor Bible, Vol 31)
The Acts Of The Apostlesis volume 31 in the Anchor Bible  series of new book-by-book translations of the Old and New Testaments  and Apocrypha, each by a preeminent scholar.  The late Johannes Munck  was Professor of New Testament Exegesis at Aarhus University,  Denmark.Dr. Munck, who was in the United States in 1964-1965 as  Visiting Professor in New Testament Studies at Princeton Theological  Seminary, died shortly after his return to Denmark.  The Danish text had  been put into English before he died, The manuscript was carefully  revised by W E Albright, the co-General Editor of the Anchor Bible  series before his death, and Dr. C. S. Mann, the author of the Anchor  Bible commentary on Mark.  Professor Abram Spiro of Wayne State  University and Dr. Leona Running of Andrews University have also been  of great assistance.Dr. Spiro's discovery thatActs VIIis  a tract written by a Samaritan convert has been of crucial importance  for our understanding of the beginnings of Christianity.  We now know  that the roots of the primitive Church struck deep into the subsoil of  Jewish sectarian life, including especially the Pharisees, Essenes,  followers of John the Baptist and Samaritans.This volume presents  rich new evidence for the historical continuity of Judaism and  Christianity as well as for the early date and reliability ofActs, which has been systematically down-graded by twentieth  century historians and theologians.