Acts in Its Ancient Literary Context: A Classicist Looks at the Acts of the Apostles

by Loveday Alexander

Here, gathered for the first time, is a collection of Loveday Alexander's critically acclaimed essays on the Acts of the Apostles. In this collection of essays, Alexander addresses the central question 'What kind of book is Acts?' She approaches the text of Acts with a finely-tuned sense of the complexities of the conventional codes that governed reading and writing in the classical world, and argues that the differences between New Testament texts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567082199
• ISBN13: 9780567082190
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.1"