The Theology of the Acts of the Apostles

by Jacob Jervell

Book Overview

Who are the people of God? Luke's purposes in Acts are to identify the Church, to establish the legitimacy of its gospel and to demonstrate that God was an active force in history. He shows that the communities of Jewish and Gentile Christians are the true heirs of God's promises to Israel. This is a theological interpretation of the history of the Church within history: Luke is an artist, a narrator rather than a systematic theologian, but he writes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052142447X
• ISBN13: 9780521424479
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.5"