The speeches of outsiders in Acts
Subtitle: poetics, theology and historiography
By: Osvaldo Padilla.
Series: Society for New Testament Studies monograph series -- 144; Monograph series (Society for New Testament Studies) -- 144.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9780521899819
Subjects: Bible. -- N.T. -- Acts -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Outsiders in the Bible
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-255) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The speeches of outsiders in Acts : uncharted territory ; Method ; Structure and procedure; title: The current state of research on the speeches of Acts. Ferdinand Christian Baur ; Henry Joel Cadbury ; F.F. Bruce ; Martin Dibelius ; Marion Soards ; Todd Penner; title: The speeches of outsiders in selected biblical and Second Temple narrative literature. Ezra ; Daniel ; First and Second Maccabees ; Third Maccabees ; Judith ; Josephus ; Other writings; title: The Gamaliel speech. Context ; The narrative and the speech ; The function of the speech; title: The speech of Gallio. Context ; The narrative and speeches at Corinth ; The function of the speech of Gallio; title: The speeches of Demetrius and the Ephesian town clerk. Context ; The narrative and speeches at Ephesus ; The speech of Demetrius ; The speech of the town clerk; title: The speeches of Claudius Lysias, Tertullus, and Festus. Context ; The narrative and written speech of Claudius Lysias ; The narrative and speech of Tertullus ; The speech of Festus; title: The speeches of outsiders and the historical context of Luke-Acts' readers : a community in need of identity reassurance ; The speeches of outsiders and the historiographic orientation of Luke-Acts.