Delightful Acts
Subtitle: New Essays on Canonical and Non-Canonical Acts
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck GmbH & Company KG
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9783161544774
Subjects: Christianity
Description: Publisher's description: The primary impetus of this collection of essays on canonical and non-canonical Acts is to honor the scholarly achievements of Richard I. Pervo. Pervo pioneered the view that canonical Acts is comparable to ancient fiction, insofar as the various episodes about Peter, Paul and the other apostles were composed to entertain, even as they inform. In the spirit of this work, contributors to this volume do not sit idly by. Prodding and provoking readers, these new and often exploratory essays travel at di;erent speeds and with notable variation from center within the broad orbit of canonical Acts. The hope is that this volume will foster serious conversation of the things discussed, with no small measure of delight along the way.