The book of Acts in its Palestinian setting
By: edited by Richard Bauckham.
Contributors: Bauckham, Richard.
Series: The book of Acts in its first century setting ;; v. 4
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.; Paternoster Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich; Carlisle, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 526
Subjects: Bible. N.T. Acts -- History of contemporary events.; Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.; Jews -- History -- 168 B.C.-135 A.D.; Palestine in Christianity.; Palestine -- Politics and government.; Palestine -- Ethnic relations.
Description: Working to place the Book of Acts within its first-century setting, well-known historians and biblical scholars from Australia, the United States, Canada, Russia, Germany, France, Israel, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom have collaborated here to provide a stimulating new study that replaces older studies on Acts, including aspects of The Beginnings of Christianity. The composition of Acts is discussed beside the writing of ancient literary monographs and intellectual biographies. Recent epigraphic and papyrological discoveries also help illumine the text of Acts. Archaeological fieldwork, especially in Greece and Asia Minor, has yielded valuable information about the local setting of Acts and the religious life of urban communities in the Roman Empire. These volumes draw on the best of this research to elucidate the Book of Acts against the background of activity in which early Christianity was born. The Book of Acts in Its Palestinian Setting is devoted to a series of studies of those parts of the narrative of Acts that are specifically set in Palestine. The geographical, political, cultural, social, and religious aspects of first-century Jewish Palestine are all explored in order to throw light on Luke's account of the Palestinian origins of early Christianity. There are fresh assessments of the historical significance of key features, persons, and events in Luke's narrative.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The location of cultures in Second Temple Palestine / Tessa Rajak; title: Acts and Roman policy in Judaea / David W.J. Gill; title: The geography of Palestine in Acts / Martin Hengel; title: Palestinian Jewish personal names in Acts / Margaret H. Williams; title: Chief priests, Sadducees, Pharisees and Sanhedrin in Acts / Steve Mason; title: Synagogues in Jerusalem / Rainer Riesner; title: The composition of the Jerusalem church / David A. Fiensy; title: The population size of Jerusalem and the numerical growth of the Jerusalem church / Wolfgang Reinhardt; title: Jewish prayer literature and the Jerusalem church in Acts / Daniel K. Falk; title: The cenacle; title: topographical setting for Acts 2:44-45 / Jerome Murphy-O'Connor; title: The Palestinian cultural context of earliest Christian community of goods / Brian Capper; title: Jewish activity against Christians in Palestine according to Acts / Ernst Bammel; title: Paul's pre-Christian career according to Acts / Simon Légasse; title: Peter and Ben Stada in Lydda / Joshua Schwartz; title: James and the Jerusalem church / Richard Bauckham.