The Acts Of The Apostles
Subtitle: What Really Happened In The Earliest Days Of The Church
Edition: Translatio edition
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: July 5, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 419
ISBN-13: 9781591023012
Subjects: Early Church; Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600; History of Biblical events; Bible.; Religion; Religion - Contemporary Issues; New Testament Commentary; New Testament Study Guide; N.T.; Religion - Commentaries / Reference; General; Commentaries; Christianity - History - General; Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - New Testament; Bible; N.T; Bible - Stories - New Testament; Biblical Commentary - New Testament; Acts; Church history
Description: In Jesus After 2000 Years, New Testament historian Gerd Ludemann analyzed the four traditional gospels, plus the more recently discovered Gospel of Thomas and apocryphal literature, to ascertain which of the alleged words and actions of Jesus can be judged authentic. In this companion volume, Ludemann takes the same historical-critical approach to the Acts of the Apostles. Together these two in-depth studies lay the groundwork for a factual and accurate history of Primitive Christianity. The Acts of the Apostles explores the early Church in Jerusalem, the spreading of the Gospel in the Gentile world, Paul's missionary journey beginning and ending in Jerusalem, Paul as the prisoner of the Romans and the defender of the Gospel from Jerusalem to Rome, and the real historical value of Luke's account in Acts, and it concludes with a brief narrative of Primitive Christianity from 30-70 CE.